I L O V E
I R O N M A N

I'm IRONMANS biggest faaannnn.

Everything is spagetti code

I like how he flys through the air

He flies and is a monster in the air

A suit of red with awesome pecs

He's a rich man. What did you expects?

It’s working. We’re safe. America is secure.

My Hero

Attribution

I bet Jarvis was just a bunch of IF statements strung together

Honestly if we could just untangle the internal workings we can find small bits of information

Like one character words?

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dar,sir.Thesa
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erinterestsaroundtheglobe.AsliaisontoStarkIndustries,I'vehadtheuniqueprivilegeofservingwitharealpatriot.Heismyfriendandheismygreatmentor.Lad
Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony!Tony!Youokay?-Where'sPepper?-She'sfine.She'swithfiveagents.They'reabouttoarrestObadiah.That'snotgoingtobeenough.Section16.Section16.Thereitis.
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say,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLin
imselfinthatcave.Breaksmyheart.Well,he'sacomplicate
man!Shakehimoff!Roll!Roll!I'mhit!I'mhit
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rmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.Okay,go.-It'sokay?You'vebeencalledthedaVinciofourtime.-What
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sofar.Findanexcusetoletoneoftheseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthebadguyswon
nexpectedfruit.Sothisishowhedidit.Thisisonlyafirst,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmadeamasterpieceofdeath.Amanwithadozeno
tries?Tellyouwhat.Yougotit.You'reabsolutelyright.Well,I'mgoingtogotomyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghe
onitorsup!Wegotabogey!-Wasn'tAirForce!-WegottheCIAontheline?I'vegotLangleyontheline.Theywanttoknowifit'sus.No,itdefinitelyisnotus,sir!-Itwasn'tNavy.-Wasn'tMarines.Ineedanswers!CanIpleaseg
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efromme.-Ialreadydid.-And?-Itwasverynice.-Yeah.-Verytasteful.Thankyou,Mr.Stark.You'rewelcome,Miss
e.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.Okay,go.-It'sokay?You'vebeencalledthedaVinciofourtime.-Whatdoyousayto
percentpower.-Justleaveitonthescreen!Stoptellingme!Youhadagreatidea,Tony,butmysuitismoreadvancedineveryway!How'dyousolvetheicingproblem?Icingproblem?Mightwanttolookintoit.Twopercent.We
!-Wegottahurry.Takethis.Takethis.-Yougottaswitchitoutreallyquick.-Okay.Okay.-Tony?It'sgoingtobeokay.-What?-Isit?-It'sgonnabeokay.-I'mgonnamakethisokay.-Let'shope.Okay,y
o.Whatyouneedistimetogetyourmindright.-I'mserious.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Tony.Thanks.-Jarvis,youup?-Foryou,sir,always.I'dl
time,baby.Lookslikeyouwereright.Hewasbuildingasuit.Ithoughtit'dbebigger.HowdoyouthinktheMarkOnechestpieceisgoingtoholdup?Thesuit'sat48%powerandfalling,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesignedforsustain
rtheworldbackoncourse,putthebalanceofpowerinourhands.Therighthands.Iwishyoucould'veseenmyprototype.It'snotas...Well,notascon
lehopefortheserefugees.Aroundme,awomanbeggingfornewsonherhusband,whowaskid
nIspeaktoyouforamoment?I'mnotpartofthepressconference,butit'sabou
plete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginongroundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterabytesofcalculationsneededbeforeanactualflightis...Jarvis
-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justgentlyliftthewire.Okay?
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edbyadvancingmedicaltechnologyorkeptfromstarvationwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanh
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.It'sprobablyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitona
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atyouthink.Iwantyoutocallforapr
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heseup.Ineedweldinggear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolderingstation.Ineedhelmets.I'mgonnaneedgoggles.Iwouldlikeas
r?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtoh
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ircaves.Foryourconsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof5
lgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatarge

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mselfinthatcave.Breaksmyheart.Well,he'sacomplicatedperson.He'sbeenthroughalot.Ithinkhe'llbeallright.Youareaveryrarewoman.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'db
ppy.-No.No?Tony,youhaveto-gotothehospital.-Noisacompleteanswer.-The
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nershipwiththefireandrescuecommunity...-Hey,Tony,rememberme?-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,what

.I'mgoingtohavetocallyouback.Mr.Stane?Sir,we'veexploredwhatyou'veaskedu
rcuits.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohitthemasterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.MakesureyouwaittillIcleartheroof.I'llbuyyousom
his.-Yougottaswitchitoutreallyquick.-Okay.Okay.-Tony?It'sgoingtobeokay.-What?-Isit?-It'sgonnabeokay.-I'mgonnamakethisokay.-Let'shope.Okay,you'
KhantorulefromthePacifictotheUkraine.AnempiretwicethesizeofAlexandertheGreatandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelatestStarkweapon
hatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?Destroyit.Incinerateit.Youdon'twanttokeepit?Pepper,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"isnotoneof
,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah
ttleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpainta
that'sgoingtopickthelock?Youmightwanttotakeafewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youne
feveryonethatIworkwithinadresswithnoback.-Youlookgreatandyousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyou
dmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic
youwanttogoout?IsthisthelastactofdefianceofthegreatTonyStark?O
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I'dbedeeplyhonored.Andit'syou,that'sgreat.-Sowhendowedoit?-It'srighthere.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-I'msosorry.-Yeah,it'
Oh,myGod,youcrazysonofabitch.Youowemeaplane.Youknowthat,right?Yeah,well,technically,hehitme.NowareyougoingtocomebyandseewhatI'mworkingon?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,thebetter.Now,whatamIsupposedto
upoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintransducerfeelssluggishatplus40altitude.Hullpress
'mhit!It'sconfirmed.Hehasbeenhit.Punchout!Punchout!WhiplashOnedown.WhiplashTwo,doyouseeachute
tterfingers,comehere.What'sallthisstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmyd
"-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justgentlyliftthewire.Okay?Great.-Okay.Youknow,
heweapon.Come.Leaveyourguardsoutside.Hisescapeboreunexpectedfruit.Sothisishowhedidit.Thisisonlyafirst,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmad
torulefromthePacifictotheUkraine.AnempiretwicethesizeofAlexandertheGreatandfo
re.Theothereight?SoIgotyoufortheothereight.-Howaboutalittleair?-Yes,Ineedsomeair.-Thatwastotallyweird.-Totallyharm
orkingonit.Youknow,we'vebeenapproachedalreadybytheDOD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedivisionwithamorespecificfocus.Weneedt
sgonnahappen.-Fifty-sixandahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatter.Weownthecontrollinginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecom
gain.Idon'thaveanyonebutyou.Anyway...-Whatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?Destroyit.Incinerateit.Youdon'twanttokeepit?Pepper,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"is
.Allright,let'sseewhatthisthingcando.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotenti
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completelyharmless.Ididn'texpectthat.How'ditgo?Itwentthatbad,huh?JustbecauseIbroughtpizzabackfromNewYork-doesn'tmeanitwentbad.-Suredoesn't.Oh,bo
ctuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'remissingjust
'mkidding.Yeah,peace.Ilovepeace.I'dbeoutofajobwithpeace.Comeon.Hurryup.Justclickit.Don'tchangeanysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!What
irtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Ye
tapparently,notenoughforthisplace.TheyspeakArabic,Urdu,Dari,Pashto,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theyar
.It'sfunnyhowthatworks,huh?Yeah.Spe
othereight?SoIgotyoufortheothere
otredcarpetisrighthereattheDisneyConcertHall,whereTonyStark'sthirdannualbenefitfortheFirefighter'sFamilyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,weget
he'sacomplicatedperson.He'sbeenthroughalot.Ithinkhe'llbeallright.Youareaveryrarewoman.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'dbette
zetome.I'myourman.Hi
EastHamptonwherehelivedandworked,-not"spring"liketheseason.-So?Ithinkit'safairexample.Ithinkit'sincrediblyoverpriced.Ineedit.Buyit.Storeit.Okay.TheMITcommencementspeech...IsinJune.Please,don'
stdon'tletittouchthesocketwalloritgoes"beep."-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justge
happy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference,thatwasadoozy.Thisisnotforth
twedo.We'reironmongers.Wemakeweapons.It'smynameon
optellingme!Youhadagreatidea,Tony,butmysuitismoreadvancedineveryway!How'dyousolvetheicingproblem?Icingproblem?Mightwanttolookintoit.Twopercent.Wearenowrunningonemergency
sbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenare
eishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatargetonthebackofmyhead?Yourhead?Whataboutmyhead?Whatdoy
,you'refine.You'rethemostcapable,qualified,trustworthypersonI'veevermet.You'regonna
,rememberme?-Suredon't.Youloo
s'llgetyouin.It'sprobablyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitonaghostdrive,inwhich
sdifferent.What?You'reahumanitariannoworsomething?-Ineedyoutolistentome.-No.Whatyouneedistimetogetyourmindright.-I'mserious.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Ton
mine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Mo
anysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!Whathavewegot?Jimmy,staywithStark!-Staydown!-Yeah.Sonofabitch!-Wait,wait,wait!Givemeagun!-Stayhere!Whoa!TonyStark.Visionary.Genius.Americanpatriot.
'mdonatingyoutoacitycollege.Allright,niceandeasy.Seriously,justgonnastartoffwith1%thrustcapacity.Andthree,two,one.Okay.Pleasedon'tfollowmearoundwithit,either,'causeIfeellikeI'mgonnacatchonfirespo
hestocksdipped40points?Weknewthatwasgonnahappen.-Fifty-sixandahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatter.Weownthecontrollinginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remaki
per!-Tony!Tony,areyouokay?-I'mfine.Howare...-Obadiah,he'sgoneinsane!-Iknow.-Listen,you'dbettergetout
ase.Iwouldn'tdothatifIwereyou.Whatthe
ey,it'sme.-It'swho?-I'msorry,itisme.Youasked.Whatyouwereaskingaboutisme.No,see,thisisn'tagame.Youdonotsendcivilianequipmentintomyactivewarzone.-Youunderstandtha
ustries!I'vegotonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell,sell,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscomp
oneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alittleostentatious,don'tyouthink?WhatwasIthinking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittlehot-rodredinthere.Yes,thatshouldhelpyou
h...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony
mber.-No,youwouldn't.IfIh
aponsdepotthatwasjustblownupafewclicksfromwhereyouwerebeingheldcaptive.Well,that'sahotspot.Soundslikeso
ktoit.Thiswasalwaystheplan,Stark.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfamily.Getup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mgoingtoseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Thankyou
expectedfruit.Sothisishowhedidit.Thisisonlyafirst,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmadeamasterpieceofdeath.AmanwithadozenofthesecanruleallofAsia.AndyoudreamofStark'sthrone.Wehaveacommonen
ing.Okay,you,too.-Idon'tblowonaman'sdice.-Comeon,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twocraps.Lineaway.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'
gdowntheweaponsmanufacturingdivisionofStarkInternationaluntilsuchatimeasIcandecidewhatthefutureofthecompanywillbe.I
hadabreakthroughinthatinwhat
ototyperightaway.Hey.Youbusy?YoumindifIsendyouonanerrand?Ineedyoutogotomyof
whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwha
Starkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the
ve.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sadeadend,right?Maybe.AmIright?Wehaven'thadabreak
ngconflict,butfortunately,theChristmascoverwastwins.Anythingelse?You'rekiddingmewiththehandup,right?-IsitcoolifItakeapicturewithyou?-Yes.It'sverycool.Allri
callyou?-MynameisYinsen.Yinsen.Nicetomeetyo
forfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weic
justjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivi
ewegot?Jimmy,staywithStark!-Staydown!-Yeah.Sonofabitch!-Wait,wait,wait!Givemeagun!-Stayhere!Whoa!TonyStark.Visionary.Genius.Americanpatr
you?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-vee."The"hum-drum-vee"isbackthere.-Nicejob.-Seeyoubackatbase.Iwouldn'tdotha
.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.N
n'tfollowmearoundwithit,either,'causeIfeellikeI'mgonnacatchonfirespontaneously.Juststanddown!Ifsomethinghappens,thencomein.Andagain,let'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!N
indingupin
nareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amis
ouhadagreatidea,Tony,butmysuitismoreadvancedineveryway!How'dyousolvetheicingproblem?Icingp
e,two,one.Okay.Pleasedon'tfollowmear
gyourheart.That'sright.Sm
I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-Hottowel?Youdon'trespectyourself,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Iresp
lkingdeadbecausei
meetatthehospital.-No,I'mfine.Lookatyou!-Youhadtohaveaburger,yeah?-Well,comeon.-Yougetmeoneofthose?-There'sonlyoneleft.Ineedit.Hey
e,stepsint
sstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaerialvehicle
r.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi
ustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotellyou.Iactuallyalmostboughtit,hook
keasmeltingcup.Ineedtwosetsofprecisiontools.-Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?-Alot.Butapparently,notenoughf
ase.Isittrueyouwent12forwithlastyear'sMaximcovermodels?Thatisanexcellentquestion.Yesandno.M
profile.Therenderiscomplete.Hey,Ilikeit.Fabricateit.Paintit.Commencingautomatedassembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,honey.Weaponsmanufacturingisonlyonesmallpart
nsindustrybyensuringfreedomandprotectingAmericaandherinterestsaroundtheglobe.Asliai
nshavingabiggerstickthantheotherguy."That'sagreatlinecomingfromtheguysellingthesticks.Myfatherhelpeddefeatth
th,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivingtothecanyon,whereI'mgoingtojog.Yousureyoudon'thaveanytechinthatareaIshouldknowabout?-Nope!-Bogeyspotte
mplete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginongroundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterabytesofcalculationsneededbeforeanactual
edwithallknowndatabases.Wehavenothing.Anyhighaltitude

haven'ttoldmewhereyou'refrom.I'mfromasmalltowncalledGulmira.-It'sactuallyaniceplace.-Gotafamily?Yes,andIwillseethemwhenIleavehere.Andyou,Stark?-No.-No?Soyou'reamanwhohaseverythingand
zationisproblematic.I'mthinkingicingistheprobablefactor.Averyastuteobservation,sir.Perhaps,ifyouintendtovisitotherplanets,weshouldimprovetheexosystems.Conne
ememberme?-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.L
eveit.Don'tdothat.-Okay.-Don'tdothat.-Pleasuremeetingyou.-Giveusacoupleminutes,youguys.-I'msurprised.-Why?Iswear,Ididn'texpecttoseeyouwalkingaroundsosoon.I'mdoingalittlebetterthanw
ountonit.-I'mserious!Iknow,Iknow
y!Waytogo,myboy!I'llseeyoutomorrow,yeah?Whyaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry
.There'snoartopening.Thereisnobenefit.Thereisnothingtosign.Thereisthenextmiss
eMITcommencementspeech...IsinJune.Please,don'tharanguemeaboutstuffthat'sway,way,down...They'rehara
self,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Irespectyou
nored.OfcourseI'dbedeeplyhonored.A
ditoutlikeatrout...-What?Yousaiditwassafe!-Wegottahurry.Takethis.T
etoshowyoufirst-hand.AllIwantisaseriousanswer.Okay,here'sserious.Myoldmanhadaphilosophy,"Peacemeanshavingabiggerstickthan
omeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidthe
de.Hisescap
fhere.-Whatisit?Flattenthemoutandlook.Oh,wow.Impressive.Good.Goodroll.Goodroll.Youstillhaven'ttoldmewhereyou'refrom.I'm
editout.-Oh,God!-Okay,I
ategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivisi
nfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsembolde
,please!Let'stakeapicture.Comeon.Picturetime!Tony.Whodoyouthinklockedyouout?Iwastheonewhofiledtheinjunctionagainstyou.ItwastheonlywayIcouldprotectyou.No.No.The15-milehiketotheoutskirtsofG
hardtimenotlookingatyounow.Isthatweird?Comeon,it'sokay,laugh.-Sir,Ihaveaquestiontoask.-Yes,please.Isittrueyouwent12forwithlastyear'sMaximcovermodels?Thatisanexcellentquestion.Yesandno.Marchand
gstation.Ineedhelmets.I'mgonnaneedgoggles.Iwouldlikeasmeltingcup.Ineedtwose
ptors.-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,ifyouhaveaclear
.Ithinktheyjust...P
,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twocraps.Lineaway.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'regonnabefine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomorr
deverythingthatMr.Starkrequires,including,occasionally,takingoutthetrash.Willthatbeall?Givemeanexplodedview.Thecompressionincylinderthreeappearstobelow.Logthat.-
tasteforthissortofthing,butImu
ratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Sta
.-GivemeaScotch.I'
lbeallright.Youareaveryrarewoman.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'dbettergetbackthere.Isthattoday'spaper?Yes.Doyoumind?-Notatall.-Puzzle.Ofcourse.Takecare.Ms.Potts?Wehadan
Likeachamp.Whyareyoutryingtohustlemeoutofhere?Yourflightwasscheduledtoleaveanh
is,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,s
onlybedescribedasadescentintohell,intoamoderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherder
eelsup!Rockandroll!-Whatyoureading,platypus?-Nothing.Comeon,sourpatch.Don'tbemad.Itoldyou,I'mnotmad.I'min
n'tdoifwesticktogether,likeyourfatherandI.I'msorryIdidn'tgiveyouaheads-up,okay?-ButifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofth
Listen,takeits
t.-Youknow,andwe'rehere,andthenI'mwearingthisridiculousdress,andthenweweredancinglikethatand...-Iwouldlikeadrink,please.-Gotit,okay.-Iwouldlikeavodkamartini,please.-Okay.Verydry
believeit.Don'tdothat.-Ok

hierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Th
anaward,you'dbedeeplyhonored.OfcourseI'dbedeeplyhonored.Andit'syou,that'sgreat.-Sowhendow
eyesopened.Icametorealizethat
ardtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLine.It'sthefirstmissilesy
fortunately,theChristmascoverwastwins.Anythingelse?You'rekiddingmewi
needtobuildtheJerichomissile.Hewantsyo
neaththearcreactor,andI'mgoingtowantthisdatamasked.Recr
egottogetoutofthisthing.I'llberightthere.Nicetry!-Weaponsstatus?-Repulsorsoffline.Missilesoffline.Flares!Veryclever,Tony.-Potts?-Tony!Thisisn'tworking.We'rego
upSectorunderneaththearcreactor,andI'mgoingtowantthisdatamasked.Recruitourtopengineers.Iwantaprototyperightaway.Hey.Youbusy?YoumindifIsendyouonanerrand?Ineedyoutogotomyoffice.You'regoingtohackinto
tlookatme.Idon'tknowwhathe'supto.-Goodtoseeyou.-Goodtoseeyou.Inevergottosayg
nfrontofeveryonethatIworkwithinadresswithnoback.-Youlookgreatandyousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithout
ingtojog.Yousureyoudon'thaveanytechinthatareaIshouldknowabout?-Nope!-Bogeyspotted!
urveillanceintheregion?WegotanAWACandaGlobalHawkinthearea.Sothisthingjustappearedoutofnowhere?Howcomeitdidn'tshowupontheradar?Gotaminimalradarcross-section,sir.-Isitstealth?-
...-That'senoughofthat....isnotwhatyo
cretproject,arewe,sir?Idon'twantthiswindingupinthewronghands.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall
e.I'mkindofhavingahardt
isisyourNinthSymphony.Whatamasterpiece.Lookatthat.Thisisyourlegacy.Anewgenerationofweapon
Wherearewe?Comeon,standup.Standup!JustdoasIdo.Comeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"
per,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"isnotoneofthem.-Willthatbeall,Mr.Stark?-Thatwillbeall,MissPotts.Hey,Butterfingers,comehere.What'sallthisstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapi
t.-Fromyou,actuall
ony'sback!Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside
eoverhereandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,jus
rence?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Cheeseburgerfirst.Lookatthis!Tony.-Weweregoingtomeetatthehospital.-No,I'mfine.Lookatyou!-Youhadtohaveaburger,yeah?-Well,comeon.-Yougetmeoneofthose?-T
'vegotthebogeyinmysights.WhiplashOne,wh
wereusinghumanshields.Wen
y,Butterfingers,comehere.What'sallthi
ng.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic.Thepress.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting?Theboardisclaimingyouhaveposttraumaticstress.They
oodtoseeyou.-Goodtoseeyou.InevergottosaygoodbyetoDad.Inevergottosaygoodbyetomyfather.There
heManhattanProject.Alotofpeople,includingyourprofessorsatBrown,wouldcallthatbeingahero.Andalotofpeoplewouldalsocallthatwarprofiteering
ollege.Allright,niceandeasy.Seriously,justgonnastartoffwi
t.How'ditgo?Itwentgreat.Lookslikeit'sgonnabe
d,butyougottagivemesomething.Somethingtopitchthem.Letmehavetheengineersanalyzethat.Youknow,drawupsomespecs.-No.No,absolutelynot.-It'llgivemea
e?Ineedhim.Goodassistant.Youhavetilltomorrowtoassemblemymissile.Okay?Canyoumove?Okay,sayitagain.41stepsstraightahead.Then16steps,that'sfromthedoor,fork
daryfounder,until,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.Withthekeystothekingdom,Tonyushersinaneweraforhisfather'slegacy,creatingsmarterweapons,adv
y.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony!Tony!Youokay?-Where'sPepper?-She'sfine.She'swithfiveagents
rvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintransducerfeelssluggishatplus40altitude.Hullpressurizationisproblematic.I'mthinkingicingis
youridewithme,okay?Watchit,cominguphere.Areyoukiddingmewiththis?Getridofthem.Youreyesarered.Afewtearsforyourlong-lostboss?-Tearsof
andup!JustdoasIdo.Comeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,TonyStark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored
ellhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.Ithoughtyousaidyouweredonema
asmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.Thecopperwire
ghaltitudesurveillanceinthere
inaweek.Well,then,thisisaveryimportantweekforyou,isn'tit?Ifthisisgoingtobemyworkstation,Iwantitwell-lit.Iwanttheseup.Ineedweldinggear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolderingstatio
ardofit?-Whenwerethesetaken?-Yesterday.-Ididn'tapproveanyshipment.-Well,yourcompanydid.Well,I'mnotmycompany.-Please,doyoumind?-Haveyouseenthesepictures?-What'sgoingoninGulmira?-Ton
aumaticstressandhasbeenbedriddenforweeks.Whateverthecasemaybe,nooneexpectsanappearancef
panicismyreaction.'CauseIwasreferringtoyourcompany'sinvolvementinthislatestatrocity.Yeah.Theyjustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotel
aremyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,
ake?-Yes,two,please.-No.I'mnotdrinking.Idon'twant
Well,howareyougoingtodothat?-You'regoingtodoit.Gotothecentralconsole,openupallthecircuits.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingto
hereyou'refrom.I'mfromas
edtwosetsofprecisiontools.-Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?-Alot.Butapparentl
?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagen
eoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintran
ut.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingo
gey.WhiplashTwo,reengage.Ifyougetaclearshot,youtakeit.Major,wedon'tevenknowwhatwe'reshootingat.-CallofftheRaptors.-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insi
showwedobusiness."Ifwe'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpictu
tingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyb

ouwerebeingheldcaptive.Well,that'sahotspot.Soundslikesomeonesteppedinanddidyourjobforyou,huh?
..-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire
,IworriedthatIwaskillingthegoldengoose.But,yousee,itwasjustfatethatyousurvivedthat.Youhadonelastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourf
it.-Ihaveit.-PressControl"l".-"I."Gotit.-"I.""Enter.""l"and"Enter."Comeoverherea
doyouthinkyou'restillalive?-WhatdoIcallyou?-MynameisYinsen.
commonenemy.Ifwearestillinbusiness,Iwillgiveyouthesedesignsasa
hat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteningin
p.-Speedbump,whatdoesthatmean?-It'snothing.I
aybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.Y
tarkhaschangedthefaceoftheweapons
onsDevelopmentdownherenow!WerananIDcheckandcross-referencedwithallknowndatabases.Wehavenothing.Anyhighaltitudesurveill
.It'smynameonthesideofthebuilding.Andwhatwedokeepstheworldfromfallingintochaos.NotbasedonwhatIsaw.We'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'regonnadosomething
ndmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhode
dtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?
ice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Movedowntothetoe.Igotthis.Okay,I'msorry,amIinyourway?Up.Screwit.Don'tevenmove.Youareatragedy.Okay,let'sdothisright.Startmark,halfameter,andbackandcenter.Dummy
tit.Justcabinfever.I'lljustbeaminute.-GivemeaScotch.I'mstarving.-Mr.Stark?-Yeah?-AgentCoulson.Oh
whofelloutofthesky.Mr.TonyStark.-Hello,sir.-Speakingofmannedorunmanned,yougottagethimtotellyoua
ownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?Goodnight,Obie.
okillwasthegreatTonyStark.-Asyoucansee,ObadiahStane...-Oh,myGod....yourdeceptionandlieswillcostyoude
nference.Someclaimhe'ssufferingfromposttraumaticstressandhasbeenbedriddenforweek
indifferent,okay?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-Hotto
TonyStark.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dstillhaveaface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmetheweapon.Come.Leaveyourguardsoutside.Hisescapeboreunexpectedfruit.Sothisi
nt.Colonel?Whynotapilotwithouttheplane?Lookwhofelloutofthesky.Mr.TonySt
orapressconferencenow.-Callforapressconference?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Cheeseburge
taringatonerightnow,andit'sabouttobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexit.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysights.WhiplashOne,whatisit?I'vegotnoidea.-Yo
us.Idon'tpaint.Andwhatdoyousaytoyourothernickname?"TheMerchantofDeath"?That'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Br
Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolderingstation.Ineedhelmets.I'mgonnaneedgoggles.Iwouldlikeasmeltingcup.Ineedtwosetsofprecisiontools.-Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?-Alot.Butappar
e'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'rego
refairwithwais
ditseemsasthoughthere'salittlehiccup.-Actually...-Ahiccup?Yes,topowerthesuit,sir,thetechnologyactuallydoesn'texist.-Soit's...-Wait,wait,wait.Thetechnology?William,hereis
nthatdrunk,Iwouldn'thavebeenabletostand,muchlessgiv
.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginongroundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterab
havebeenforcedtotakeshelterinwhatevercrudedwellingstheycanfindintheruinsofothervillages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.Recentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersr
s!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintransducerfeelssluggishatplus40altitude.Hullpressurizationisproblematic.I'mthinkingicingistheprobablefactor.Averyas
?-Oh,no.-Allright,comeon.-Thankyou.No.AmImakingyouuncomfortable?No.No.IalwaysforgettoweardeodorantanddancewithmybossinfrontofeveryonethatIworkwithinadresswithnoback.-Yo
inanddidyourjobforyou,huh
k.Ready?Inthree,two,one.Handleslikeadream.Allright,let'sseewhatthisthingcando.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recor
ssed,andthere'sacarwaitingforyououtsidethatwilltakeyouanywhereyou'dliketogo.-YoumustbethefamousPepperPotts.-IndeedIam.Afteralltheseyears,Tonystillhasyoupickingupthedry-cle
lyou.Iactuallyalmostboughtit,hook,lineandsinker.Iwasoutoftownforacouplemonths,incaseyoudidn'thear.Isthiswhatyoucallacc
itation,sir....hasn'tbeenseeninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycontroversialpressconference.Someclaimhe'ssuffer
Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagentlyliftthewireout.-Isitsafe?-Yeah,itshou
.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourf
y!Tony,areyouokay?-I'mfine.Howare...-Obadiah,he'sgoneinsane!-Iknow.-Listen,you'dbettergetoutofthere.-Hebuiltasuit.Getoutofthererightnow!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenol
eright.Hewasbuildingasuit.Ithoughtit'dbebigger.HowdoyouthinktheMarkOnechestpieceisgoing
ny,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercosteffective.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sadeadend,right?Maybe.AmI
sayitagain.41stepsstraightahead.Then16steps,that'sfromthedoor,forkright,33steps,turnright.Yinsen!Yinsen!Stark!Saysomethin
himwhenyou
ngs.Let'sjustputsomethingonthebooks.Howaboutthe24that7:00p.m.atStarkIndustries?Tellyouwhat
ntheregion?WegotanAWACandaGlobalHawkintheare
aybe,nooneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alitt
.Don'tbemad.Itoldyou,I'mnotmad.I'mindifferent,okay?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-
seewhatI'mworkingon?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,thebetter.Now,whatamIsupposedtotellthepress?Trainingexercise.Isn'tthattheusualBS?It'snotthatsimple.Anunfortunatetrainin
ustgetitdone.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclearbeforeyoufollowmeout,okay?Weneedmoretime.Hey,-I'mgonnagobuyyousometime.-Sticktotheplan!Stickt
recordofaninvitation,sir....hasn'tbeenseeninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycont
0p.m.atStarkIndustries?Tellyouwhat.Yougotit.You'reabsol
edalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,andit'sheadedintoyouratrialseptum.H
sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercosteffective.Weknew
thelistofmaterials.Hesaysforyoutos
ings.Asyoucansee,thesemenareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsintheirway.Withnopoliticalwillorinternationalpr
scribedasadescentintohell,intoamoderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillageshaveb
.Comeon.Hurryup.Justclickit.Don'tchangeanysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!Whathavewegot?Jimmy,staywithStark!-Staydown!-Yeah.Sonofabitch!-Wait,wait,wait!
potentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobrea
.-He'sspeakingHungarian.Idon't...-ThenspeakHungarian.-Okay.Iknow.-Whatdoyouknow?-How'dthatwork?-Oh,mygoodness.-Itworkedallright.-That'swhatIdo.-Letmefinishthis.-Initia
..-Iwouldlikeadrink,please.-Gotit,okay.-Iwouldlikeavodkamartini,please.-Okay.Very
inking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittlehot-rodredinthere.Yes,thatshouldhelpyoukee
rndayHeartofDarkn
blemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischarg
ower.I'vegottogetoutofthisthing.I'llberightthere.Nicetry!-Weaponsstatus?-Repulsorsoffline.Missilesoffline.Flares!Veryclever,Tony
.Here.Nice.-Areyouokay?-Yeah,Ifeelgreat.Youokay?Don'tever,ever,ever,everaskmetodoanythingliketh
it.Don'tdothat.-Okay.-Don'tdothat.-Pleasuremeetingyou.-Giveusacoupleminutes,youguys.-I'msurprised.-Why?Iswear,Ididn'texpecttoseeyouwa
Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillageshavebeendrivenfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-foundpower.Villagershavebeenforcedtotakeshe
rsethatmuch?Everynightinfrontofthemirrorbeforebed
rious!Iknow,Iknow.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.Stark!Excuseme,Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-
bedistractedrightnow!Listentome!General.Welcome,Mr.Stark.Welookforwardtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,

it.Youknow,we'vebeenapproach
hat'sanewdirectionforme,forthecompany.Imean,meonthecompany'sbehalfbeingresponsibleforthewaythat...Thisisgreat.-Oh,comeon.Tony.Tony.-I'llbeintheshop.Hey,hey!Hey,Tony.Listen.I'mtryin
ldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyo

ogize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbonestructure,there.I'mkindof
w!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenolongerrequired.Stane!Ilovethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateralda
ybackuppower.-Potts!-Tony!Oh
'sverycool.Allright.Idon'twanttoseethisonyourMySpacepage.Please,nogangsigns.No,throwitup.I'mkidding.
sethatlittlestuntatthepressconferenc
u,isn'tit?Ifthisisgoingtobemyworkstation,Iwantitwell-lit.Iwanttheseup.Ineedweldinggear.Ido
leepyourwholelife?I'dbepreparedtoloseafewwithyou.Goodmorning.It's7
lehopefortheserefugees,refugeeswhocanonlywonderwho,ifanyone,willhelp
arvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,weg
Allright,comeon.-Thankyou.No.AmImakin
seburger,-andtheother...-That'senoughofthat....isnotwhatyouthink.Iwantyoutocallforapressconf
peningthedoor.Oh,wow!What'sthat?It's,like,alittledevice?It's,like,athingthat'sgoingtopickthelock?Youmightwanttotakeafewst
andhighlycontroversialpressconference.Som
ssconferencenow.-Callforapressconference?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Chee
eunderthisdevice.An
asconflicted,ifheeverhaddoubts.Ormaybehewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels.IsawyoungAmericanskilledbytheveryweaponsIcreatedtodefen
lyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofani
atwasgonnahappen.-Fifty-sixandahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatt
ello?-Isaidit'sRhodes.-Speakup,please.-Whatinthehellisthatnoise?-Oh,yeah,I'mdri
roundcontrol.Sir,therearestillterabytesofcalculationsneededbeforeanactualflightis...Jarvis!Sometimesyougott
ntshippingmanifests.Thisisalockchip.This'llgetyouin.It'sprobablyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitonaghostdriv
omeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?Doas
exceptthis.There'snoartopening.Thereisnobenefit.Thereisnothingtosign.Thereisthenextmissionandnothingelse.Isthatso?Well,then,Iquit.YoustoodbymysidealltheseyearswhileIreapedthebe
sitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaer
ss-referencedwithallknowndat
oucanhaveapiece.-Taketwo.-Thankyou.YoumindifIcomedownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?Goodnight,Obie.Day11,test37,configuration2.0.Forlackofabetteroption,D
utanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,ifyouhaveaclearshot,takeit!You'vebeenreengaged.Executeevasivemaneuver
fline.Missilesoffline.Flares
nferenceinBern.-
wouldtellyouhowhonoredIfeelandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...Thebestthingabo
eHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pepper.Howb
ndready.Canwestartthevirtualwalk-around?Importingpreferencesandcalibratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces
gain,rightnow.-Pleasedon'tturndownmymusic.I'llkeepyouposted.Youaresupposedtob
tdoIdo?What'swrong?
alittlebitofashort.It'sfine.-Whatdoyouwantmetodo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagentlyliftthewireout.-Isitsafe?-Ye
dbackandcenter.Dummy,lookalive.You'reonstandbyforfiresafety.You,rollit.Okay.Activatehandcontrols.We'regonnastartoffniceandeasy.We'regonnaseeif10%thr
hinadresswithnoback.-Youlookgreatandyousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldtaketheedge
wonderful.Well,I'mnotTonyStark.ButifIwereTony,IwouldtellyouhowhonoredIfeelandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsot
ngstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.Now,whatkindofworldwoulditbetodayifhewasasselfishasyou?Oh,it'sbeautiful.Tony,thisisyourNinthSymphony.Whatamasterp
lymakeitsmaller.Okay,sir,andthat'swhatwe're
sfirstengine.Andat17,hegraduatedsummac
asadoozy.Thisisnotforthemilitary.I'mnot...I
ea,Tony,butmysuitism
feelandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworking
eprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.W
togoout?IsthisthelastactofdefianceofthegreatTonyStark?Orareyougoingtodosomethingaboutit?WhyshouldIdoanything?They'regoingtokillme,you,eitherway.Andiftheydon't,I'llprobablybedeadi
wo,doyouseeachute?Negative!Nochute,nochute!Mychute'sjammed!Sir,I'vegotavisualonthebogey.WhiplashTwo,reengage.Ifyougetaclearshot,youtakeit.Major,wedon'tevenknowwhatwe'reshootingat.-Callofft
hankyou.Thanks.I'dbettergetbackthere.Isthattoday'spaper?Yes.Doyoumind?-Notatall.-Puzzle.Ofcourse.Takecare.Ms.Potts?Wehadanappointment.Didy

I'mallowedtohavep
!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobodyropedmeintoanything!-I'msosorry.-ButtheytoldmethatifIpresentedyouwithanaward,you'dbedeeplyhonored.Ofcou
hey'vebeendealingunderthetable,andI'mgoingtostopthem.I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyou
aghostdrive,inwhichcaseyouneedtolookforthelowestnumericheading.AndwhatdoyouplantodowiththisinformationifIbringitbackhere?Samedrill.They'vebeendealing
it.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysights.WhiplashOne,whatisit?I'vegotnoidea.-Youhaveradiocontact?-Nonresponsive,sir.Thenyouarecleartoengage.Hitit.Thatbogeyjustwentsupersoni
?-Tearsofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.-No.No?Tony,youhaveto-gotothehospital.-Noisacompleteanswer.-Thedoc
rica."Heishonored.Hew
,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohitthemasterbypassbutton
w.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCae
.Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatar
himbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomeh
typus?-Nothing.Comeon,sourpatch.Don'tbemad.Itoldyou,I'mnotmad.I'mindifferent,okay?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'mj
,theywereusinghuma
reTonyStark'sthirdannualbenefitfortheFirefighter'sFamilyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofaninvitation,sir
methatyou'regonnalaylow.StarkIndustries!I'vegotonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell
hecanyon,whereI'mgoingtojog.Yousureyoudon'thavea
rkness.Simplefarmers
ce,nounmannedaerialvehiclewillevertrumpapilot'sinstin
hecircuits.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohitthemasterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.MakesureyouwaittillIcleartheroof.I'llbuyyousometime.Thislo
?WhatIdid?WhatIdidistosaveyourlife.IremovedalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,a
ehaveacommonenemy.Ifwearestillinbusiness,Iwillgiveyouthesedesignsasagift.Andinturn,Ihopeyou'llrepaymewithagiftofironsoldiers.Technology.It'salwaysb
tohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,walkwithme.-Okay.I'mgoingtogiveyouthemeetingofyourlife.Youroffice.Yeah,we'vebeenworkingourbesttodoit.Absolutely,we're...I'mgoingtohavetocallyoubac
ar,notthecar!Table!Couldbeworse!Couldbeworse!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyour
age.Hitit.Thatbogeyjust
oversialpressconference.Someclaimhe's
vivedthat.Youhadonelastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.No
you?Wow.TonyStark.-Oh,hey.-Fancyseeingyouhere.-Carrie.-Christine.-Carrie.-Christine.That'sright.Youhavealotofnerveshowingu
ere?Hello?Breathe.Easy,easy.Yourememberthisone,right?It'sashamethegovernmentdidn't
ppy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference,thatwasadoozy.Thisisnotforthemilitary.I'mnot...It'sdiff
lastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.Now,whatkindofworldwoulditbetodayifhewasasselfish
owthemath!Doit!Sir,you'renotgoingtobelievethis.Thatthingisback.GetmeMajorAllen.Scramblethejets!Notnecessary,people.Justatrainingexercise.Yes,sir.-Thirteenpercentpower,sir.-
egetaninviteforthat
il,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.Withthekeystothekingdom,Tonyushersinaneweraforhisfather'slegacy,creatingsmarterweapon
,throwitup.I'mkidding.Yeah,peace.Ilovepeace.I'dbeoutofajobwithpeace.Comeon.Hurryup.Justclickit.Don'tchangeanysettings.-What'sgoingon?-Contactleft!Whathavewe
d...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"business.-Yo
ndeverythingthatMr.Starkrequires,includin
EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy?Ithinkyoulostobjectivity.Ithinktheyjust...People...Wejustdanced.No,itwasnotjustadance.Youdon'tunderstandbecauseyou'r
doyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Ple

first.Lookatthis!
soldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbo
thiswindingupinthewronghands.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnoben
willbekeepingmealivefortheforeseeablefuture.I'mswappingitupforanupgradedunit,andIjustranintoalittlespeedbump.-Speedbump,whatdoesthatmean?-It'snothing.It'sjustalit
tgiveyouaheads-up,okay?-ButifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"busine
inutes,youguys.-I'msurprised.-Why?Iswear,Ididn'texpecttoseeyouwalkingaroundsosoon.I'mdoingalittlebetterthanwalking.-Really?-
utryingtohustlemeoutofhere?Yourflightwasscheduledtoleaveanhourandahalfago.That'sfunny,Ithoughtwithitbeingmyplaneandal
gotit.You'reabsolutelyright.Well,I
ofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whe
chofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'sa
t!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,God!-Okay,Iwasnotexpecting...-Don'tputitbackin!Don'tputitbackin!-Okay,whatdoIdo?What'swrong?Nothing,I'mjustgo
e'stheline
ngthingsthatblowup.Andthatiswhy,effectiveimmedia
waslikewegoth
s.Ormaybehewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels.IsawyoungAmericanskilledbytheveryweaponsIcreatedtodefendthemandprotectthem.AndIsawthatIhadbecomepartofasystemthatisco
antit?Yesorno.Isitagoodrepresentationofhisspringperiod?No.TheSpringswa
notinjured.AsfortheunexpectedturnofeventsonthegroundinGulmira,itisstillunclearwhoorwhatintervened,butIcanassureyouthattheUnitedStatesgovernme
Thankyou.Thankyouallverymuch.Thisiswonderful.Well,I'mnotTonyStark.ButifIwereTony,IwouldtellyouhowhonoredIfeeland
orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.RecentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRing
tries,I'vehadtheuniqueprivilegeofservingwitharealpatri
.-Pleasuremeetingyou.-Giveusacoupleminutes,youguys.-
you...Wasthatsohard?Thatwasfun,right?
gdeadbecauseittakesaboutaweekforthebarbstoreachthevitalorgans.-Whatisthis?-Thatisanelectromagnet,hookeduptoacarbattery,andit'skeepingtheshrapnelfromenteringyour
big.Icametotalktoyou.Iwantyoutobeapartofit.You'reabouttomakeawholelotofpeoplearoundhererealhappy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconfer
'supto.-Goodtoseeyou.-Goodtoseeyou.Inevergotto
l,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pepper.Howbigarey
ougotit?Now,don'tletittouchthesideswhenyou'r
CallofftheRaptors.-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,if
e.Wemetonce,youknow,atatechnicalconferenc
hrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomehome,didhe?Heleftapartofhi
drinking.We'reworkingrightnow.-Youcan'thavesashimiwithoutsake.-Youareconstitutional
h.-Don'tdothat!-Whatwashisname?-Don'tdot
done.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclearbeforeyoufollowmeout,okay?Weneedmoretime.Hey,-I'mgonnagobuyyousometime.-Sticktotheplan
ewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels.Isawy
ggle,themorethisisgoingtohurt.Begentle.Thisismyfirsttime.Idesignedthistocomeof
thesamedayaslastyear.-Getyourselfsomethingnicefromme.-Ialreadydid.-And?-Itwasverynice.-Yeah.-Verytasteful.Thankyou,Mr.Stark.You'rewelcome,MissPotts.Okay.You'regood.IthoughtIlostyoubackthere.Yo
urbesttodoit.Absolutely,we're...I'mgoingtohaveto
e!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,sir.-EngageHeadsUpDisplay.-Check.Importallpreferencesfromhomeinterface.Willdo,sir.Allright,whatdoyousay?Iha
rk.Youdon'tnee

sorsoffline.Missilesoffline.Flares!Veryclever,Tony.-Potts?-Tony!Thisisn'twor
adyyouwokeupwith.-Don'tdothat!-Whatwashisna
ngtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohap
osomethingelse.Likewhat?Youwantustomakebabybottles?Ithinkweshouldtakeanotherlookintoarcreactortechnology.Comeon.Thearcreactor,that'sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutth
isisbeautiful.Thankyou.Tha
Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.Okay,go.-It'sokay?You'vebeencalledthedaVinciofourtime
houtme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'remissingjustacoupleofdigitsthere.Theothereight?SoIgotyoufortheothereight
nyStarkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou're
-Nevermindwhotoldme.Showme.-It'sRhodeyorPe
pe!-Bogeyspotted!-Whiplash,comeinhot.-Okay,good,'causeI'mstaringatonerightnow,andit'sabouttobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexi
youthesedesignsasagift.Andinturn,Ihopeyou'llrepaymewithagiftofironsoldiers.Technology.It'salwaysbe
backofmyhead?Yourhead?Whataboutmyhead?Whatdoyouthinktheover-underonthestockdropisgonnabetomorrow?-Optimistically,40points.-Atminimum.Yep.Tony,we'reaweaponsmanufacturer.O
tyourmindrig
okoutanF-insidea
dsummacumlaudefromMIT.Then,thepassingofatitan.HowardStark'slifelongfriendandally,ObadiahStane,stepsintohelpfillthegapleftbythelegendaryfound
oodforthiscountry,aswell.WhatweshouldtakeawayfromthisisthatTony'sback!Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefoll
ree.-No,hewon't.-No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingforyou,Stark.Buttheywillneverfindyouinthesemountains.Look,whatyou
llrightifeveryonesatdown?Whydon'tyoujustsitdown?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittlelessformaland...-What'supwiththelove-in?-Don'tlookatme.Idon'tknowwhathe'supto.-Goodto
okeepthepeace,I'llstartmakingbricksand
on?No,no,no,no,no,no,thelessIknow,thebetter.Now,whatamIsupposedtotellthep
antaprototyperightaway.Hey.Youbusy?YoumindifIsendyouonanerrand?Ineedyoutogotomyoffice.You'regoingtohackintothemainframeandyou'regoingtoretrievealltherecentshippingmanifests.Thisisaloc
tofnerveshowingupheretonight.CanIatleastgetareactionfromyo
,always.I'dliketoopenanewprojectfile,indexasMarkTwo.ShallIstorethisontheStarkIndustriesCentralDatabase?Actually,Idon'tknowwhototrustr
vercosteffective.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sadeadend,right?Maybe.AmIright?Wehaven'thadabreakthroughinthatinwhat?-Thirtyyears.-That'swhattheysay.Couldyouhavealousierp
d.Executeevasivemaneuver.Keepgoing!Goodchute!Goodchute!-Tony,youstillthere?-Hey,thanks.
ealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfat
k.Well,then,thisisaveryimportantweekforyou,isn'tit?Ifthisisgoingtobemyworkstation,Iwantitwell-lit.Iwanttheseup.Ineedweldinggear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.

ctivity.Ithinktheyjust...Peo
tleair?-Yes,Ineedsomeair.-Thatwastotallyweird.-Totallyharmless.Itwas
iningexercise.Isn'tthattheusua
eChristmascoverwastwins.Any

t,youdon't...There'samagnetattheendofit!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,God!-Okay,Iwasnotexpecting...-Don'tputitbackin!Don
leftbythelegendaryfounder,until,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOofStarkIndustries.Withthekeystothekingdom,Tonyushersinaneweraforhisfather
isinformationifIbringitbackhere?Samedrill.They'vebeendealingunderthetable,andI'mgoingtostopthem.I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatI
ctor.Averyastuteobservation,sir.Perhaps,ifyouintendtovisitotherplanets,weshouldimprovetheexosystems.Connecttothesys.co.Haveitreconfiguretheshellmetals.Usethego
nyStarkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoa
partofasystemthatiscomfortablewithzeroaccountability.-Mr.Stark!-Hey,Ben.Whath
Vinciofourtime.-Whatdoyousaytothat?-Absolutelyridiculous.Idon'tpaint.Andwhatdoyousaytoyourothernickname?"TheMerchantofDeath"?That'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Brown,actually.Well,
inginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecompany'sbesti
...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.T
What'sgoingonhere?Let'sfaceit.Thisisnottheworstthingyou'vecaughtmedoing.Arethosebulletholes?Welcome.ComplimentsofTonyStark.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dst
lyouaboutthetimeheguessedwrongatspringbreak.Justrememberthat,springbreak,1987.-Thatlovelyladyyouwokeupwith.-Don'tdothat!-Whatwashisname?-Don'tdothat.-Wasitlvan?-Don'tdothat.They'llbelieveit
pickthelock?Youmightwanttotakeafewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmeto
yzethat.Youknow,drawupsomespecs.-No.No,absolutelynot.-It'llgivemeabonetothrowtheboys-inNewYork!-Thisonestayswithm
backatbase.Iwouldn'tdothatifIwereyou.Whatthehelldidyoudotome?
vemeabonetothrowtheboys-inNewYork!-Thisonestayswithme.-That'sit,Obie.Forgetit.-Allright,well,thisstayswithme,then.Goon,here,y
ouplemonths,incaseyoudidn'thear.Isthiswhatyoucallaccountability?It'satowncalledGulmira.Heardofit?-Whenwerethesetaken?-Yesterday.-Ididn'ta
le!Couldbeworse!Couldbeworse!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,sir.-E
gear.Idon'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineedasolder
hasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.
h!-MissPotts?-Yes.CanIspeaktoyouforamoment?I'mnotp
e'retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobui
weird.-Totallyharmless.Itwastotallynotharmless,bytheway.We'redancing.Noone'sevenwatching.EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy?Ithinkyoulos
toseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Thankyouforsavingme.Don'twasteit.Don'twasteyourlife.Myturn.Notbad.Hey!Howwasthe"fun-vee"?Nexttime,your
hat,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday.-It
We'reworkingrightnow.-Youcan'thavesashimiwithoutsake.-Youareconstitutionallyincapableofbeingresponsible.Itwouldbeirresponsiblenottodrink.I'mjusttalkingaboutanightcap.Hotsake?-Yes,two,please
Igetyououtofthedoor.Doesn'titkindofdefeatthewholepurposeofhavingyourownplaneifitdepartsbeforeyouarr
te,indeed.Ijustneedyourhelpforasec.Oh,myGod,isthatthethingthat'skeepingyoualive?Itwas.Itisnowanantique.This
nappointment.Didyouforgetaboutourappointment?Nope,rightnow.Comewithme.-Rightnow?-We'regoingtohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,
.Imean,I'dapologize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually

yclever,Tony.-Potts?-Tony!Thisisn'tworking.We'regoing
sbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsinthe
theirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-
oundslikesomeonesteppedinanddidyourjobforyou,huh?Whydoyousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivingtothe
fTonyStark.Ifyou'dkill
elievable.-Oh,no!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobodyropedmeintoanything!-I
acturingisonlyonesmallpartofwhatStarkIndustriesisallabout,andourpartnershipwiththefireandrescuecommuni
erestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'r
e,willhelp.He'sallyours.Whatthehellwasthat?Wereweclearedtogointhere?No,theywereusinghumanshields.Wenevergotthegreenlight.PutmethroughtoState.They'regoingtobealloverthis.Getthosemonitorsup!Wego
notas...Well,notasconservativeasyours.ToobadyouhadtoinvolvePepperinthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah.
,you'renotallowedtotalk?Hey,Forrest!Wecantalk,sir.-Oh,Isee.Soit'spersonal?-No,youintimidatethem.GoodGod,you'reawoman.Ihonestly...Icouldn'thavecalledthat.Imean,I'dapologize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'
regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.Listen,takeitslow,allright?IthinkIgottheboardrightwherewewantthem.You
henhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomehome,didhe?Heleftapartofhimselfinthatcave.Breaksmyheart.Well,he'sa
ualhasbeenlost.Nowaythat'saUAV.Whatisit?Ican'tseeanything.Whateveritwas,itjustboughtthefarm.Ithinkbogey'sbeenhandled,sir.-Hello?-Hi,Rhodey,it'sme.-It'swho?-I'msorry,itisme.Youaske
oreachthevitalorgans.-Whatisthis?-Thatisanelectromagnet,hookeduptoacarbattery,and
tonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell,sell,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons
wdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstan
hardtimenotlookingatyounow.Isthatweird?Comeon,it'sokay,laugh.-Sir,Ihaveaquestiontoask.-Yes,please.Isittruey
rtablewithzeroaccountability.-Mr.Stark!-Hey,Ben.Whathappenedoverthere?Ihadmyeyesopened.IcametorealizethatIhavemoretooffe
vemeanexplodedview.Thecompressionincylinderthreeappearstobe

es,refugeeswhocanonlywonderwho,ifanyone,willhelp.He'sallyours.Whatthehellwasthat?Wereweclearedtogointhere?No,theywereusinghumanshields.Wenevergotthegreenlight.PutmethroughtoState.They'regoingtobeall
lane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyo
hewillsetyoufree.-No
equired.Stane!Ilovethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage,Tony.DivertpowertochestRT.Powerreducedto19%
hem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothinge
Iwantyoutobeapartof
crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwholelife?I'dbepreparedtoloseafewwithyou.Goodmorning.It's
veshowingupheretonigh
tifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"business.-Youunderstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougottale
uknow,wemightbemoreproductiveifyouincludemeintheplanningprocess.Okay,wedon'tneedthis.Whatisthat?That'spalladium,0.15grams.Weneedatleast1.6,sowhydon'tyougobreakdown
,I'mworkingonsomethingbig.Icametotalktoyou.Iwantyoutobeapartofit.You'reabouttomakeawholelotofpeoplearoundhererealhappy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference,thatwasadoozy.Thi
erdesignedforsustainedflight.Keepmeposted.Pepper!-Tony!Tony,areyouokay?-I
fall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic.Thepress.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting?Theboardisclaimingyouhaveposttra
door,forkright,33steps,turnright.Yinsen!Yinsen!Stark!Saysomething.Saysomethingbacktohim.-He'sspeakingHungarian.Idon't...-ThenspeakHungarian.-Okay.Iknow.-Whatdoyouknow?-How'd
tofashort.It'sfine.
lculationsneededbeforeanactu
rd,you'dbedeeplyhonored.OfcourseI'dbedeeplyhonored.Andit'syou,that'sgreat.-Sowhendowedoit?-It'srighthere.-Hereyougo.-There
They'vebeendealingunderthetable,andI'mgoingtostopthem.I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanyth
emonths.TherearetwothingsIwanttodo.IwantanAmericancheeseburger,-andtheother...-That'senoughofthat....isnotwhatyouthink.Iwantyoutocallforapressconferencenow.-Callforapressconference?-Yea
ingonthebooks.Howaboutthe24that7:00p.m.atSta
aman'sdice.-Comeon,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twocraps.Linea
good.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Ri
oblem?Icingproblem?Mightwanttolookintoit.Twopercent.Wearenowrunningonemergencybackuppower.-Potts!-Tony!Oh,myGod,areyouokay?I'malmostoutofpower.I'vegottogetoutofthisthing.I'llberightthere
ore.Okay,nowmakesurethatwhenyoupullitout,youdon't...There'samagnetattheendofit!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,God!-Okay,Iwasnotexpecting...-Don'tputitb
slikeit'sgonnabeanearlyChristmas.Hey!Waytogo,myboy!I'llseeyoutomorrow,yeah?Whyaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-ve
on'tblowonaman'sdice.-Comeon,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twoc
rolls!And...Twocraps.Lineaway.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'regonnabefine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomorrow,don'tbelate.-Yeah,youcan
at'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaerialvehiclewillev
upforanupgradedunit,andIjustranintoalittlespeedbump.-Speedbump,whatdoesthatmean?-It'snothing.It'sjustalittlesnag.There'sanexposedwireunderthisdevice
ernotice,whydon'twejustkeepeverythingonmyprivateserver?Workingonasecretproject,arewe,sir?Idon'twantthiswindingupinthewronghands.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Du
tries!I'vegotonerecommendation!Ready?Ready?Sell,sell,sell!Abandonship!DoestheHindenburgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pep
eycanfindintheruinsofothervillages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.Recentviolenceha
Mr.Stark?-Thatwillbeall,MissPotts.Hey,Butterfingers,comehere.What'sallthisstuffdoingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rig

oyouthinkloc
htnow?-We'regoingtohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,walkwithme.-Okay.I'mgoingtogivey
andIwillseethemwhenIleavehere.Andyou,Stark?-No.-No?Soyou'reamanwhohaseveryt
it,Obie.Forgetit.-Allright,well,thisstayswithme,then.Goon,here,youcanhaveapiece.-Taketwo.-Thankyou.YoumindifIcomedownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?Goodnight,Obie.Day11,test37,configuration2.0
ted.Youaresupposedtobehalfwayaroundtheworldrightnow.-How'dshetakeit?-Likeachamp.Whyareyoutryingtohustlemeoutofhere?Yourflightwasscheduledtoleaveanhourandahalfago.That'sfunny,Ithoughtwit
ion.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuc
ugotit?-Okay,Igotit!Igotit!-Okay,yougotit?Now,don'tletittouchthesides
yhead?Yourhead?Whataboutmyhead?Whatdoyouthinktheover-underonthestockdropisgonnabetomorrow?
manufacturingdivisionofStarkInternationaluntilsuchatimeasIcandecidewha
ually...-Ahiccup?Yes,topowerthesuit,sir,thetechnologyactuallydoesn'texist.-Soit's...-Wait,wait,wait.Thetechnology?William,hereisthetechnology.I'veaskedy
dturnofeventsonthegroun
t,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudo
aface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmetheweapon.Come.Leaveyourguardsoutside.H
ck?Youmightwanttotakeafewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmetodoany
youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworking.Workit!Comeon!-Weshouldjuststaytillthemorning.-Youareunbelievable.-Oh,no!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobody
egicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.God,youneedanewname
filinganinjunction.-Awhat?-Theywanttolockyouout.Why,'causethestocksdipped40points?Weknewthatwas
y...-Hey,Tony,rememberme?-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.Listen,takeit
atI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyback!Hey,youknowwhat?I'mnotlikeyou.I'mnotcutout

dtospeaktoyouaboutacouplethingsbeforeIgetyououtofthedoor.Doesn'titkindofdefeatthewholepurposeofhavingyourownplaneifitdepartsbeforeyouarrive?Larrycalled.He'sgo
ands.Iwishyoucould'veseenmyprototype.It'snotas...Well,notasconservativeasyours.ToobadyouhadtoinvolvePepperinthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,sl
negative.-Cannotidentify.GetmeColonelRhodesfromWeaponsDevelopmentdownherenow!WerananIDcheckandcr
ofheat.Iwantyoutopromisemethatyou'regonnalaylow.StarkIndustries!I'
chargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody
oo.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecompany'sbestinterest.-I'mbeingresponsible!That'sanewdirectionforme,forthecompany.Imean,meonthecompany'sbeha
iketoopenanewproject
ightifeveryonesatdown?Whydon'tyoujustsitdown?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittl
hat?Iwasnaivebefore,when
gage.Hitit.Thatbogeyjustwentsupersonic.Igo
ience,nounmannedaeria
"ready,fire,aim"business.-Youunderstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougot
day'spaper?Yes.Doyoumind?-N
lcome.ComplimentsofTonyStark.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dstillhaveaface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmeth
ldidyoudotome?WhatIdi
ockedyouout?Iwastheonewhofiledtheinjunctionagainstyou.ItwastheonlywayIcouldprotectyou.No.No.T
atedsummacumlaudefromMIT.Then,thepassingofatitan.HowardStark'slifelongfriendandally,ObadiahStane,stepsinto
kay.-I'mgonnamakethisokay.-Let'shope.Okay,you'regonnaattachthattothebaseplate.Makesureyou...Wasthatsohard?Thatwasfun
ingthesuit!Youfinally
yousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-R
eam.Doyouunderstand?There'snothingwecan'tdoifwesticktogether,likeyourfathe
verthis.Getthosemonitorsup!Wegotabo
twaitformetogetthere.Tony,IneedtospeaktoyouaboutacouplethingsbeforeIgetyououtofthedoor.Doesn'titkindofdefeatthewholepurposeofhavingy
gotaweaponsdepotthatwasjustblownupafewclicksfromwhereyouwerebeingheldcaptive.Well,that'sahotspot.Soundslikesomeonesteppedinanddidyourjobforyou,huh?Whydoyousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mno
ll!-Whatyoureading,platypus?-Nothing.Comeon,sourpa
oyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.Now,whatkindofworldwoulditbetodayifhewasasselfishasyou?Oh,it'sbeautiful.Ton
.Yinsen!Yinsen!Stark!Saysome
whatwedokeepstheworldfromfallingintochaos.NotbasedonwhatIsaw.We'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'regonnadosomethingelse.Likewhat?Youwantustomakebabybottles?I
catteredclouds.Thesurfconditionsarefairwithwaist-to-shoulderhighlines.Hightidewillbeat10:52a.m.Tony?Hey,Tony?Youarenotauthorizedtoaccessthisarea.-Jesus.-
it!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage,Tony.DivertpowertochestRT.Powerreducedto19%.Lady!No,no,no,no,no,no!For30years,I'vebeenholdingyouup!Ibuiltthiscompanyfromnothin
ocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenareheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsintheirway.Withnopoliticalwillorinternationalpressure,there'sverylittlehopef
king.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.Wh
inthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyoumean,hepaidtohaveTonykilled?Pepper,slowdown.WhywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisp
tcrossit."Thisishowwedobusiness."Ifwe'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpicture,please!Let'
e.Willdo,sir.Allright,whatdoyousay?Ihaveindeedbeenuploaded,sir.We'reon
nkitwastakenthatway.Becauseitmakesmelookliketheonewho'stryingto...-Ijustthinkyou'reoverst
onsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof500millionormore.Topeace!-Tony.-Obie,whatareyoudoingup?Icouldn'tsle
Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecameho
ic,Urdu,Dari,Pashto,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theyareyourloyalcustomers,sir.Theycallt
egicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.God,youneedanewnameforthat.Yeah,Ihearthatalot.Listen,Iknowthismustbeatryingtimeforyou,butweneedtodebriefyou.There'
tocardiacarrest'causeyouyankeditoutlikeatrout...-What?Yousaiditwassafe!-Wegottahurry.Takethis.Taket
mpleteanswer.-Thedoctorhastolookatyou.-Idon'tha
sterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.Makes
.ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.H
hevirtualwalk-around?Importingpreferencesandcalibratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete.Preparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.Doaweatheran
rthday.-It'syourbirthday?-Yes.Iknewthat.Already?Yeah.Isn't
omeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfamily.Getup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mgoingtoseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Than
unbeforeyoucanwalk.Ready?Inthree,two,one.Handleslikeadream.Allright,let'sseewhatthisthingcando.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtitudereco
tmakesmelookliketheonewho'stryingto...-Ijustthinkyou'reoverstatingit.-Youknow,andwe'rehere,andthenI'mwearingth
uiltthiscompanyfromnothing!Nothingisgoingtostandinmyway.Leastofallyou!Impressive!You'veupgradedyourarmor!I'vemadesomeupgradesofmyown!Sir,itap
ossit."Thisishowwedobusiness."Ifwe'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpicture,please!L
Yesorno.Isitagoodrepresentationofhisspringperiod?No.TheSpringswasactuallytheneighborhoodinEastHampton
Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!
tyFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-
'rethemostcapable,qualified,trustworthypersonI'veevermet.You'regonnadogreat.Isittoomuchofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphe

stthingyou'vecaughtmedoing.Arethosebulletholes?Welcome.ComplimentsofTonyStark.Ifyou'
ad.-Suredoesn't.Oh,boy.Itwouldhavegonebetterifyouwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpu
amorespecificfocus.WeneedtodebriefMr.Starkaboutthecircumstanceso
me?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Movedowntothetoe.Igot
nter."Comeoverhereandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,justgetitdone.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makes
efine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomorrow,don'tbelate.-Yeah,youcancountonit.-I'mserious!Iknow,Iknow.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.
ithamorespecificfocus.Weneedto
r.Findanexcusetoletoneoftheseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthe
yourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You're
ation,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof500millionormore.Topeace!-Tony.
y,sir,andthat'swhatwe'retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobuildthisinacave!Withaboxofscraps!Well,I'msorry.I'mnotTonyStark.Tony?Tony,areyouthere?Hell
ashort.It'sfine.-Whatdoyouwantmetodo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andy
erusingproposedspecifications?Thrillme.Tonigh
w,atatechnicalconferenceinBern.-Idon'tremember.-No,youwouldn't.IfIhadbeenthatdrunk,Iwouldn'thave
tofashort.It'sfine.-Whatdoyouwantmetodo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-O
se,putthebalanceofpowerinourhands.Therighthands.Iwishyoucould'veseenmyprototype.It'snotas...Well,notasconservativeasyours.ToobadyouhadtoinvolvePepperinthis.Iwouldhavepreferredthatshelived.Whatdoyo
eaponisoneyouneverhavetofire.Irespectfullydisagree.Iprefertheweaponyouonlyhavetofireonce.That'showDaddidit.That'showAmericadoesit.Andit'sw
-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworld
espectyourself,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Ires
ortheunexpectedturnofe
reparingtopowerdownandbegindiagnostics.Yeah.Tellyouwhat.DoaweatherandATCcheck.Startlisteninginonground
areheavilyarmedandonamission.Amissionthatcouldprovefataltoanyonewhostandsintheirwa
atwasDad'sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetoplayawholedifferentkindofbal
thecar,notthecar!Table!Couldbeworse!Couldbeworse!We'refine!Okay.No!Yeah,Icanfly.-Jarvis,areyouthere?-Atyourservice,sir.-EngageHeadsUpDisplay.-Ch
sus.-That'sJarvis.Herunsthehouse.I'vegotyourclotheshere.They'vebeendry-cleanedandpressed,andthere'sacarwaitingforyououtsidethatwilltakeyouanywhereyou'
hat'sfunny,Ithou
nderstandbecauseyou'reyou.Andeverybodyknowsexactlywhoyouareandhowyouarewithgirlsandallofthat,whichiscompletelyfine.But,youknow,thenme,you'remyboss,-andI'mdancingwith
amIinyourway?Up.Screwit.Don'tevenmove.Youareatragedy.Okay,let'sdothisright.Startmark,halfameter,andbackandcenter.Dummy,lookalive.You'reonstandby
yourAchilles'heelinthispartofthewor
en,Iquit.YoustoodbymysidealltheseyearswhileIreapedtheb
twithouttheplane
ntany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeintha
eygetmyguns?Doyouunderstan
wanttoseeit.-O
hywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?T
'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatargetonthebackofmyhead?Yourhead?
eeif10%thrustcapacityachieveslift.Andthree
theirhomes,displacedf
y.Iampleasedtoreportthatthepilotwasno
heseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthebadguyswon'tevenwanttocomeoutoftheircaves.Foryourconsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwitheverypurchaseof500milliono
self,Tony!You'dhavemadeyourfatherproud!It'sready,Tony!Getofftheroof!Tony!Howironic,Tony!Tryingtoridtheworldofweapons,yougaveititsbestoneever!-Pepper!-AndnowI'mgoingtokillyouwit
dStarkquicklystolethespotlightwithhisbrilliantanduniquemind.Atagefour,hebuilthisfirstcircuitboard.Atagesix,hisfirstengi
missilesystemtoincorporateourproprietaryrepulsortechnology.Theysaythebestweaponisoneyouneve
dustries'FreedomLine.It'sthefirstmissilesystemtoincorporateourproprieta

.You'regood.IthoughtIlostyoubackthere.Youdid,s
etup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mgoingtoseethe
aytogo,myboy!I'llseeyoutomorrow,yeah?Whyaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-vee."The"hum-drum-vee"isba
it'sabouttobeginrightnow.I'mnotareporter.I'magentPhilCoulson,withtheStrategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.-That'squiteamouthful.

atMr.Starkrequires,including,occasionally,
hthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLine.It'sth
No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingforyou,Stark.Buttheywillneverfindyouinthesemountains.Look,whatyoujustsaw,thatisyourlegacy,Stark.Yourlife'swork,inthehandsofthosemurderers.Isthathowyouwanttogoout
'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Brown,actually.Well,Ms.Brown,it'sanimperfectworld,butit's
on,honeybear.Thereitis.LieutenantColonelRhodesrolls!And...Twocraps.Lineaway.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'regonnabefine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomo
tthis?Iknowwhatyou'regoingthrough,Pepper.Tony.Healwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimb
toMr.TonyStark.Tony?-Thankyou,Colonel.-Th
its.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohitthemasterbypassbutton.It'sgoingtofryeverythinguphere.Okay.I'mgoinginnow.Makesureyouwaittill
ugo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-I'msosorry.-Yeah,it'sokay.Wow!Wouldyoulookatthat?That'ssomethingelse.Idon'thaveanyofthosefloatingaround.W
,thesonofleg
otabogey!-Wasn'tAirForce!-WegottheCIAontheline?I'vegotLangleyontheline.Theywanttoknowifit'sus.No,i
I'mnotlikeyou.I'mnotcutout...No,no.Youdon'thavetobelikeme!Butyou'remorethanwhatyouare.CanyouexcusemeifI'mabitdistractedhere?No!Youcan'tbedistractedrightnow!Listentome!General.Welcome,Mr.Stark.
ess.-Youunderstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetopla
westnumericheading.AndwhatdoyouplantodowiththisinformationifIbringitbackhere?Samedrill.They'vebeendealingundertheta
.He'sallyours.Whatthehellwasthat?Wereweclearedtogointhere?No,theywereusinghumanshields.Wenevergotthegreenlight.PutmethroughtoState.They'regoingtobealloverthis.Getthosemonitorsup!Wegotabogey!-W
don'tcareifit'sacetyleneorpropane.Ineed
ergeant,clearahole.-Hello?-Tony?-Who'sthis?-It'sR
n.Tonydoesn'tknowhowluckyheis.Thankyou.Thanks.I'dbett
s?-Yes.CanIspeaktoyouforamoment?I'm
ght,thatabilitytolookintoasituationbeyondtheobviousanddiscernitsoutcome,orapilot'sjudgment.Colonel?Whynotapilotwithouttheplane?Lookwhofelloutofthesky.Mr.T
n11.Tellmewhenyouseeaprogressbar.-Itshouldbeuprightnow.-Yes.Talktome.Tellmewhenyouseeit.-Ihaveit.-PressControl"l".-"I."Gotit.-"I.""Enter.""l"and"Enter."Comeoverher
tis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Ki
atandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelatestStarkweaponsrulestheselands.Andsoon,itwillbemyturn
vasivemaneuver.Keepgoing!Goodchute!Goodchute!-Tony,youstillthere?-Hey,thanks.Oh,myGod,youcrazysonofabitch.Youowemeaplane.Youknowthat,right?Yeah,well,
eeks.Whateverthecasemaybe,nooneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alittleostentatious,don'tyouthink?WhatwasIthinking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittl
-That'swhatIdo.-Letmefinishthis.-Initializethepowersequence.Okay.-
smyreaction.'CauseIwasreferringtoyourcompany'sinvolvementinthislatestatrocity.Yeah.Theyjustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotellyou.Iactuallyalmostboughti
cetokillTonyStarkhasjustgoneup.So,whatarewegoingtodoaboutt
nisoneyouneverhavetofire.Irespectfullydisagree.Iprefertheweaponyouonlyhavetofireonce.That'showDaddidit.That'showAmericadoesit.Andit'sworkedoutprettywellsofar.Findanexcusetoletoneoftheseoffthechain,
tcanactuallyd
yeah,I'mdrivingwiththetopdown.-Yeah,well,I
mpanythatdoesn'tmakeweapons!Pepper.Howbigareyourhands?-What?-Howbigareyourhands?-Idon
k-doesn'tmeanitwentbad.-Suredoesn't.Oh,boy.Itwouldhavegonebetterifyouwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic.Thepress.-Thisw
-WegottheCIAontheline?I'vegotLangleyontheline.Theywanttoknowifit
e...StrategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision.Go
there.-Hereyougo.-Thereitis.Thatwaseasy.-Hereyougo.-Ther
y?Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony!Tony!Youokay?-Where'sPepper?-She'sfine.She'swithfiveagents.They'reabouttoarrestObadiah.That'sn
beforebedtime.-Icanseethat.-I'dliketoshowyoufirst-hand.AllIwantisaseriousanswer.Okay,here'sserious.Myoldmanhadaphilosophy,"Peacemeanshavingabiggerstickthantheotherguy."Th
itagain.41stepsstraight
epeople?-Theyareyourloyalcustomers,sir.TheycallthemselvestheTenRings.Youknow,wemightbemoreproductiveifyo
vingme.Don'twasteit.Don'twasteyourlife.Myturn
underExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyputitonaghostd
espontaneously.Juststanddown!Ifsomethinghappens,thencomein.Andagain,let'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!Not
thisverypres
entintomyactivewarzone.-Y
nightcap.Hotsake?-Yes,two,please.-No.I'mnotdrinking.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecogni
e'sacomplicatedperson.He'sbeen
togotomyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghere?-Justavoidinggovernmentagents.-Areyoubyyourself?-Yes.
s.Doyouwantit?Yesorno.Isitagoodrepresentationofhisspringperiod?No.TheSpringswasactuallytheneighborhood
hatisanexcellentquestion.Yesandno.Marchan
igger.HowdoyouthinktheMarkOnechestpieceisgoingtoholdup?Thesuit'sat48%powerandfalling,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesignedfor
ing,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesignedforsustainedflight.Keepmeposted.Pepper!-Tony
doingontopofmydesk?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltell
tnecessary,people.Justatraining

ngsmarterweapons,advancedrobotics,satellitetargeting.Today,TonyStarkhaschangedthefaceoftheweaponsindustrybyensuringfreedom
e.But,yousee,itwasjustfatethatyousurvivedthat.Youhadonelastgoldeneggtogive.Doyoureallythinkthatjustbecauseyouhaveanidea,itbelongstoyou?Yourfat
.Wow!Wouldyoulookatthat?That'ssomethingelse.Idon'thaveanyofthosefloatingaround.We'regonnaletitride!Givemeahand,willyou?Givemealittlesomething-someth
Tearsofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.-No.No?Tony,youhaveto-gotothehospital.-Noisacompleteanswer.-Thedoctorhastolookatyou.-Idon'tha
y.Ifyoudousemeagain,andI'mnotonfire,I'mdon
Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscuss

why,effectiveimmediately,Iamshuttingdownthewea
nwherehelivedandworked,-not"spring"liketheseason.-So?Ithinkit'safairexample.Ithinkit'sincrediblyoverpriced.Ineedit.Buyit.Storeit.Okay.TheMITcommencementspe
-Actually...-Ahiccup?Yes,topowerthesuit,sir,thetechnologyactuallydoesn'texist.-Soit's...-Wait,wait,wait.Thetechnology?William,hereisthetechnolo
t?-Nope!-Bogeyspotted!-Whiplash,comeinhot.-Okay,good,'causeI'mstaringatonerightnow,andit'sabouttobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexit.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysigh
thereight.-Howaboutalittleair?-Yes,Ineedsomeair.-Thatwastotallyweird.-Totallyharmless.Itwastotallynotharmless,bytheway.We'redancing.Noone'sevenwatching.EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy
lewouldalsocallthatwarprofiteering.Tellme,doyouplantoreportonthemillionswe'vesavedbyadvancingmedicaltechnologyorkeptfromstarvationwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryf
esfromWeaponsDevelopmentdo
ny.We'reateam.Doyouunderstand?There'snothingwecan'tdoifwesticktogether,likeyourfatherandI.I'msorryIdidn'tgiveyouaheads-up,okay?-ButifIhad...-Tony.Tony,nomoreofthis"ready,fire,aim"business.-Youunde
erstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetoplayawholedifferentkindofballnow.We'regoingtohavetotakealotofheat.Iwan
asIthinking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittlehot-rod
elfishasyo
sinaneweraforhisfather'slegacy,creatingsmarterweapons,advancedrobotics,sat
tpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.T

tgoes"beep."-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustag
nthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivingtothecanyon,whereI'mgoingtojog.Yousur

HesaystheyhaveeverythingyouneedtobuildtheJerichomissile.Hewantsyoutoma
uthe...-I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-Hottowel?Youdon'trespectyourself,-soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Irespectyou.I'mjustyourbabysitter.So,whenyoune
stjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdriv
efollow-up
destruction.AndnowthatI'mtryingtoprotectthepeoplethatIputinharm'sway,you'regoingtowalkout?You'regoingtokillyourself,Tony.I'mnotgoingtobeapartofit.Ishouldn'tbealive,unles
onwhatIsaw.We
sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'regonnahavetoplayawholedifferentkindofballnow.We'regoingtohavetotakealotofheat.Iwantyoutopromisemethatyou'regonnalaylow.StarkIndustr
ir.Perhaps,ifyouintendtovisitotherplanets,weshouldimprovetheexosystems.Connecttothesys.co.Haveitreconfiguretheshellmet
telyridiculous.Idon'tpaint.Andwhatdoyousaytoyourothernickname?"TheMerchantofDeath"?That'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Brown,actually.Well,Ms.Brown,it'sanimperfectworld,buti
ithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwho
?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Movedowntothetoe.Igotthis.Okay,I'msorry,amIinyourway?Up.Screwit.Don'tevenmove.Youareatragedy.Okay,let'sdothisright.Startmark,halfameter,andbackandcen
ustboughtthefarm.Ithinkbogey'sbeenhandled,sir.-Hello?-Hi,Rhodey,it'sme.-It'swho?-I'msorry,itisme.Youasked.Whatyouwereaskingaboutisme.No,see
ethings.Let'sjustputsomethingont
ntrols.We'regonnastartoffniceandeasy.We'regonnaseeif10%thrustcapacityachieveslift.Andthre
andeasy.We'regonnaseeif10%thrustcapacityachieveslift.Andthree,two,one.Uptwo.Allright,setthat.I'vebeenbuzzingyou
hatcouldrunyourheartfor50lifetimes.Yeah.Orsomethingbigfor15minutes.-Thisisourticketoutofhere.-Whatisit?Flattenthemoutandlook.Oh,wow.Im
anything!-I'msosorry.-ButtheytoldmethatifIpresentedyouwithanaward,you'dbede
k.Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dstillhaveaface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmetheweapon.Come.Leav
-I'msorry,
hanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptthis.There's
.Okay,wedon'tneedthis.Whatisthat?That'spalladium,0.15grams.Weneedatleast1.6,sowhydon'tyougobreakdowntheother11?Careful.Careful,weonlygetoneshotatthis.Relax.Ihavesteadyhands.Whydoyouthinkyou'restill
course.Takecare.Ms.Potts?Wehadanappointment.Didyouforgetabouto
spected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLine.It'sthefirstmissilesystemtoin
holdingthemupt
nwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwh
izeofAlexandertheGreatandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelatestStarkweaponsrulestheselands.Andsoon,itwillbemyturn.Whatdoeshewant?Whatdoy
evirtualwalk-around?Importingpreferencesandcalibratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete.Preparingtopowerd
eraldamage,Tony.Divertpower
satellitetargeting.Today,TonyStarkhaschangedthefaceoftheweaponsindustrybyensuringfreedomandprotectingAmericaandherinterestsaroundtheglobe.AsliaisontoStarkIndustries,I'vehadtheuniq
dup?Thesuit'sat48%powerandfalling,sir.Thatchestpiecewasneverdesigne
bells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythatdoes
nthisbeforeyougetontheplane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday.-It'syourbirthday?-Yes.Iknewthat.Alre
atarewegoingtodoaboutthis?Iknowwhatyou'reg
edyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorganicplasmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.Thecopperwire.The
e'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.Listen,takeitslow,allright?IthinkIgo
rld,butit'
ncertHall,whereTonyStark'sthirdannualbenefitfortheFirefighter'sFamilyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofaninvitation,sir....hasn'tbeen
metomaximumaltitude.Withonly15%power,theoddsofreachingthat...Iknowthemath!Doit!Sir,you'renotgoingtobelievethis.Thatthingisback.GetmeMajorAllen.Scrambleth
retime!Tony.Whodoyouthinklockedy
it?-Yes.ShallIrenderus
'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!Notthecar,not
eapiece.-T
Youcan'thavesashimiwithoutsake.-Youareconstitutionallyincapableofbeingresponsible.Itwouldbei
tentome.-No.Whatyouneedistimetogetyourmindright.-I'mserio
dhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptthis.There'snoartopening.T
.Thatdoesn'tlooklikeaJerichomissile.That'sbecauseit'saminiaturizedarcreactor.Igotabigonepoweringmyfactoryathome.Itshouldkeeptheshrapneloutofmyheart.Butwhatcouldit
gative.-Cannotidentify.GetmeColonelRhodesfromWeaponsDevelopmentdownherenow!WerananIDcheckandcross-referencedwithal
retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobuildthisinacave!Withaboxofscraps!Well,I'msorry.I'mnotTonyStark.Tony?Tony,areyouthere?Hello?Breathe.Easy,easy.Yourememberthisone,right?It'sas
lhelpsteertheworldbac
anywoundslikethatinmyvillage.Wecallthemthewalkingdeadbecauseittakesaboutaweekforthebarbstoreachthevitalorgans.-Whatisthis?-Thatisanelectromagnet,hookeduptoacarbattery,andit'skeepingtheshrapnelfromen
swhatIwastryingtotellyoubefore.Okay,nowmakesurethatwhenyoupu
.-Well,yourcompanydid.Well,I'mnotmycompany.-Please,doyoumind?-Haveyouseen
atonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagentlyliftthewireout.-Isitsafe?-Yeah,itshouldbefine.It'slikeOperation.Youjustdon'tletittoucht
s.Like,atleastthreeolives.Twovodkamartinis,extradry,extraolives,extrafast.Makeoneofthemdirty,willyou?Wow.TonyStark.-Oh,hey.-Fancyseeingyouhere.-Car
ference?-Yeah.-Whatonearthfor?-Hogan,drive.Cheeseburgerfirst.Lookatthis!Tony.-Weweregoingtomeet
Thiswasalwaystheplan,Stark.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfamily.Getup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mg
oderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillageshavebeendrivenfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-foundpower.Villagershavebeenforcedtotakeshelterinw
ceandeasy.Seriously,justgonnastartoffwith1%thrustcapacity.Andthree,two,one.Okay.Pleasedon'tfollowmea
enseeninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycontroversialpressconference.Someclaimhe'ssufferingfromposttraumati
dinaweek.Well,then,thisisaveryi
-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insidealegalnoflyzone!WhiplashTwo,ifyouhaveac
hatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?D
y.Juststanddown!Ifsomethinghappens,thencomein.Andagain,let'sbringitupto2.5.Three,two,one.Okay,thisiswhereIdon'twanttobe!
assembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,honey.WeaponsmanufacturingisonlyonesmallpartofwhatStarkIndustriesisallabout,andourpartners
What'swrong?Nothing,I'mjustgoingintocardiacarrest'causeyouyankeditoutlikeatrout.
id.Ifhewasconflicted,ifheeverhaddoubts.Ormaybehewaseveryinchthemanweallrememberfromthenewsreels
nsofothervillages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.Recentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupo
fit.Thereisnothingtosign.Thereisthenextmissionandnothingelse.Isthatso?Well,then
nginnow.MakesureyouwaittillIcleartheroof.I'llbuyyousometime.Thislook
nanddidyourjobforyou,huh?Whydoyousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginth

esky.Mr.TonyStark.-Hello,sir.-Speakingofmannedorunmanned,yougottagethimtotellyouaboutthetimeheguessedwrongatspringbreak
tinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecompany'sbestinterest.-I'mbeingresponsible!
eIreapedthebenefitsofdestruction.AndnowthatI'mtryingtoprotectth
erence,butit'sabouttobeginrightnow.I'mnotareporter.I'magentPhilCoulson,withtheStrategicHomelandInterventio
..Icouldn'thavecalledthat.Imean,I'dapologize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbonestru
at.Isittoomuchofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh
ey,youknowwhat?I'mnotlikeyou.I'mnotcutout...No
ronsoldiers.Technology.It'salwaysbeenyourAchilles'heelinthispartoftheworld.Don'tworry.It'llonlylastfor15minutes.That'sthel

youtosignthisbeforeyougetontheplane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowe
,let'sfinishuphere.SetupSectorunderneaththearcreactor,andI'mgoingtowantthisda
othat.-Wasitlvan?-Don'tdothat.T
rivenfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-foundpow
Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,TonyStark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored.
people.Justatraininge
harmless,bytheway.We'redancing.Noone'sevenwatching.EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy?Ithinkyoulostobjectivity.Ithinktheyjust.
That'swhatIdo.
llhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.It
we'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpicture,please!Let'stakeapicture.Comeon.Picturetime!Tony.Whodoyouthinklock
Right.You'remissingjustacoupleofdigitsthere.Theothereight?SoI
t,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday
Isittoomuchofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,there'spus!It'snotpus.It'saninorgani
Idon'thaveanyonebutyou.Anyway...-Whatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?Destroyit.Incine
on'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyback!Hey,youknowwh
Storeit.Okay.TheMITcommencementspeech...IsinJune.Ple
givealectureonintegratedcircuits.Wherearewe?Comeon,standup.Standup!JustdoasIdo.Comeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?Doa
ereandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,justgetitdone.-Jus
ldingthemuptoanyonewhowillstop.Achild'ssimplequestion,"Wherearemymotherandfather?"There'sverylittlehopefortheserefugees,refugeeswhocanonlywonderwho,ifanyone,willhelp.He'sallyours.Whatthehellw
utedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferr
ofmaterials.Hesaysforyoutostartworkingimmediately,andwhenyou'redone,hewillsetyoufree.-No,hewon't.-No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingforyou,Stark.Buttheyw
ndahalf.-Itdoesn'tmatter.Weownthecontrollinginterestinthecompany.Tony,theboardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecomp
ng.-Really?-Yeah.Rhodey,I'mworkingonsomethingbig.Icametotalktoyou.Iwantyoutobeapartofit.You'reabouttomakeawholelotofpeoplearoundhererealhappy,'causethatlittlestuntatthepressconference
lbeintheshop.Hey,hey!Hey,Tony.Listen.I'mtryingtoturnthisthingaround,butyougotta
epsintohelpfillthegapleftbythelegendaryfounder,until,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthenewCEOof
ogize,butisn'tthatwhatwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbonestructure,there.I'
sedtoreportthatthepilotwasnotinjured.AsfortheunexpectedturnofeventsonthegroundinGulmira,itisstillunclearwhoorwhatintervened,butIcanassureyouthattheUnitedStatesgovernmen
eagents.They'reabouttoarrestObadiah.That'snotgoingtobeenough.Section16.Section16.Thereitis.Mykey'snotworking.It'sno
llyou?Wow.TonyStark.-Oh,hey.-Fancyseeingyouhere.-Carrie.-Christine.-Carrie.-Christine.That'sright.Youhavealotofnerveshowingupheretonight.CanIatleastgetareactionfromyou?Panic.Iwouldsaypanicismyreacti
hearcreactor,that'sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercos
hisonyourMySpacepage

l,I'mgoingtogotomyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghere?-Justavoidinggovernmentagents.-A
whatdoIdo?What'sw
atwedo.We'reironmongers.Wemakeweapons.It'smynameonthesideofthebuilding.Andwhatwedokeepstheworldfromfallingintochaos.NotbasedonwhatIsaw.We'renotdoingagoodenoughjob.Wecandobetter.We'r
,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theyareyourloyalcustomers,sir.Theycallt
right,well,thisstayswithme,then.Goon,here,youcanhavea
great.Youokay?Don'tever,ever,ever,everaskmetodoanythinglikethateveragain.Idon
elandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworkin
proachedalreadybytheDOD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedi
ation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustrie
atwouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'remissingjusta
uknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithan
it.Paintit.Commencingautomatedas
tifIwereyou.Whatthehelldidyoudotome?WhatIdid?WhatIdidistosaveyourlife.IremovedalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,andit'sheadedintoyou
ebuiltasuit.Getoutofthererightnow!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenolongerrequired.Stane!Ilovethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage
OD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedivisionwithamorespecificfocus.WeneedtodebriefMr.Starkaboutthecircumstancesofhisescape.-I'llputsomethinginthebook,shallI?-Thankyou.Hey,woulditbeallrigh
I'mgoingtofindmyweaponsanddestroythem.Tony,youknowthatIwouldhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptthis.There'snoarto
odesfromWeaponsDevelopmentdownherenow
ject.Alotofpeople,includingyourprofessorsatBrown,wouldcallthatbeingahero.Andalotofpeoplewouldalsocallthatwarprofiteering.Tellme,doyouplantorepo
ewprojectfile,indexasMark
ktotheplan!Yinsen!-Yinsen!-Watchout!Stark.Comeon.Wegottogo.Moveforme,comeon.Wegotaplan.We'regonnasticktoit.Thiswasalwaystheplan,Stark.Comeon,you'regonnagoseeyourfami

dsUpDisplay.-Check.Importallpreferencesfromhomeinterface.Willdo,sir.Allright,w
hatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.Stark!Excuseme,Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.O
ingweapons.
geant,clearahole.-Hello?-Tony?-Who'sthis?-It'sRhodes.-Sorry,h
w,don'tletittou
recomingout!I'msorry.I'msorry.That'swhatIwastryingtotelly
on'tremember.-No,youwouldn't.IfIhadbeenthatdrunk,I
they'relookingforyo
.-That'swhathappens.-Worsethingshavehappened.Ithinkwe'regonnabefine.Colormeup,William.-Thi
us.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Tony.Thanks.-Jarvis,youup?-Foryou,sir,always.I'dliketo
r.Stane?Sir,we'veexp
!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!Killpower.Notes.Maintransducerfeelssluggishatplus40altitude.Hul
e,nogangsigns.No,throwitup.I'mkidding.Yeah,peace.Ilovepeace.I'dbeoutofajobwithpeace.Comeon.Hurryup.
ionofweaponswiththisatitsheart.Weaponsthatwil
ysbeenyourAchilles'heelinthispartoftheworld.Don'tworry.It'llonlylastfor15minutes.That'stheleastofyourproblems.Crateupthearmorandtherestofit.Allright,let'sfinishuphere.SetupSectorunderneathth
handsofthosemurderers.Isthathowyouwanttogoout?IsthisthelastactofdefianceofthegreatTonyStark?Orareyougoingtodosomethingaboutit?WhyshouldIdoanything?They'regoingtokillme,you,eit
ment.Colonel?Whynotapilotwithouttheplane?Lookwhofelloutofthesky.Mr.TonyStark.-He
thlastyear'sMaximcovermodels?Thatisanexcel
ingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-vee."The"hum-dr
ereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,w
aratedivisionwithamorespecificfocus.WeneedtodebriefMr.Starkaboutthecircumstancesofhisescape.-I'llputsomethinginthebook,shallI?-Thankyou.Hey,woulditbeallrightifeveryonesat
ternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintatargeto
y?Tony?Tony!Tony!Youokay?-Where'sPepper?-She'sfine.She'swithfiveagents.They'reabouttoarrestObadiah.That'snotgoingtobeenough.Section16.Section16.Thereitis.Mykey'snotworki
rderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored.Hewantsyoutobuildthemissile.TheJerichomissilethatyoudemon

re.They'vebeendry-cleanedandpressed,andthere'sacarwaitingforyououtsidethatwilltakeyouanywhereyou'dliketogo.-YoumustbethefamousPepperPotts.-IndeedIam.Afteralltheseyears,Tonysti
eI'mstaringatonerightnow,andit'sabouttobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexit.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysights.WhiplashOne,whatisit?I'vegot
ewe'vegot.Iguaranteeyou,thed
quence.Okay.-Now!-Tellme.Tellme.Function11.Tellmewhenyouseeaprogressbar.-Itshouldbeuprightnow.-Yes.Talktome.Tellmewhenyouseeit.-Ihaveit.-PressControl"l".-"I."Gotit.-"I.""Enter.""l"and"Enter.
ounow.Isthatweird?Comeon,it'sokay,laugh.-Sir,Ihave
yStark.Visionary.Genius.Americanpatriot.Evenfromanearlyage,thesonoflegendaryweaponsdeveloperHowardStarkquicklystolethespotlightwithhisbrilliantanduniquemind.Atagefour,hebuilthisfirstcircuitboard
!Goodchute!Goodchute!-Tony,youstillthere?-Hey,thanks.Oh,myGod,y
ongerneededtokeepthepeace,I'llstartmakingbricksandbeamsforbabyhospitals.Rehearsethatmuch?Everynightinfrontofthemirrorbeforebedtime.-Icanseethat.-I'dliketosho
hatwaseasy.-I'msosorry.-Yeah,it'sokay.Wow!Wouldyoulookatthat?That'ssomethingelse.Idon'thaveanyofthosefloatingaround.We'regonnaletitride!Givemeahand,willyou?Givemealittlesomethin
ay.Hey.Youbusy?YoumindifIsendyouonanerrand?Ineedyoutogotomyoffice.You'regoingtohackintothemainframeandyou'regoingtoretrievealltherecentsh
'mserious!Iknow,Iknow.RenderuntoCaesarthatwhichisCaesar's.Thereyougo.Mr.Stark!Excuseme,Mr.Stark!ChristineEverhart,VanityFairmagazine.CanIaskyouacoupleofquestions?-She'scute.-She'sallright
ngandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyback!Hey,youknowwh
Larrycalled.
ittleinternaldiscussionandwe'llgetbacktoyouwiththefollow-up.-Whereishe?-He'sinside.Well,that...Thatwentwell.DidIjustpaintata
ionisproblematic.I'mthinkingicingistheprobablefactor.Averyastuteobservation,sir.Perhaps,ifyouintendtovisitotherplanets,weshouldimprovetheexosystems.Connecttothesys.co.Haveitreconfiguretheshellmetals.
ntheother11?Careful.Carefu
eight.-Howaboutalittleair?-Yes,Ineedsomeair.-Thatwastotallyweird.-Totallyharmless.Itwastotallynotharmless,bytheway.We'redan
p.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,TonyStark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored.Hewantsyoutobuildthemissile.TheJe
hiswhatyoucallaccountability?It'satowncalledGulmira.Heardofit?-Whenwere
reakthroughinthatinwhat?-Thirtyyears.-That'swhattheysay.Couldyouhav
figuretheshellmetals.Usethegoldtitaniumalloyfromtheseraphimtact
uldyouhavealousierpokerface?Justtellme,whotoldyou?-Nevermindwhotoldme.Showme.-It'sRhodeyorPepper.-Iwanttoseeit.-Okay,Rhodey.-Okay.-Okay?Itworks.Listentome,Tony.We'reateam.Doyouunderstand?There'snoth
ing.Anyhighaltitudesurveillanceintheregion?WegotanAWACandaGlobalHawkinthearea.Sothisthingjustappearedoutofnowhere?Howcomeitd

islatestatrocity.Yeah.Theyjustputmynameont
uwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.
t?Here,Igotit.Igotit.Here.Nice.-Areyouokay?-Yeah,Ifeelgreat.Youokay?Don'tever,ever,ever,everaskmetodoanythingliketh
laccountability?It'satowncalledGulmira.Heardofit?-Whenwerethesetaken?-Yesterday.-Ididn'tapproveanyshipment.-Well,yourcompanydid.
thisisthatTony'sback!Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussi
lwaysgetsthegoodstuff,doesn'the?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tony
hroughtoState.They'regoingtobealloverthis.Getthosemonitorsup!Wegotabogey!-Wasn'tAirForce!-WegottheCIAontheline?I'vegotLangleyontheline.Theywanttoknowifit'sus.No,i
u.Hey,would
danappointment.Didyouforgetaboutourappointment?Nope,rightnow.Comewithme.-Rightnow?-We'regoingtohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,walkwithme.-Okay.I'mgoingtogiveyouthemeetingofyourlife.Youroffice.Yea

ys,"Welcome,TonyStark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored.Hewantsyoutobuildthemissile.TheJerichomissilethatyoudemonstrated.Thisone.Irefuse.Tony!Hewantstoknoww
-PressControl"l".-"I."Gotit.-"I.""Enter.""l"and"Enter."Comeoverhereandbuttonmeup.Okay.Allright.Everyotherhexbolt.-They'recoming!-Nothingpretty,justgetitdone.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming
rjobforyou,huh?Whydoyousoundoutofbreath,Tony?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouweredriving.-Right,Iwasdrivingtothec
mserious.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Tony.Thanks.-Jarvis,youup?-Foryou,s
he?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomehome,didhe?Heleftapartofhimselfinthatcave.Break
ketoopenanewprojectfile,indexasMarkTwo.ShallIstorethisontheStarkIndustriesCentralDatabase?Actually,Idon'tkno
ntaneously.Juststanddown!Ifsomethinghappens,thencomein.Andagain,let'sbringitu
mfortablewithzeroaccountability.-Mr.Stark!-Hey,Ben.Whathappenedoverthere?Ihadmyeyesopened.IcametorealizethatIhavemoretooff
yousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecurit
-That'sit,Obie.Forgetit.-Allright,well,thisstayswithme,the
romtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywa
e?It'sthesamedayaslastyear.-Getyourselfsomethingnicefromme.-Ialreadydid.-And?-Itwasverynice.-Yeah.-Verytasteful.Thankyou,Mr.Stark.You'rewelcome,MissPotts.Okay.
sniceseeingyou,Tony.Thanks.-Jarvis,youup?-Foryou,sir,always.I'dliketoopenanewprojectfile,indexasMarkTwo.ShallIstorethisontheStarkIndustriesCent
.It'salwaysbeenyourAchilles'heelinthispartoftheworld.Don'tworry.It'llonlylastfor15minutes.That'stheleastofyourproblems.Crateupthearmorandtherestofit.Allright,let'sfinishuph
t'syourSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'remissingj
elpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptthis.There'snoartopening.Thereisnobenefit.Thereisnothingtosign.T
hegreatGenghisKhantorulefromthePacifictotheUkraine.AnempiretwicethesizeofAlexandertheGreatandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelatestStarkweaponsrulesth
thedaVinciofourtime.-Whatdoyo
ldbefine.It'slikeOperation.Youjustdon'tletittouchthesocketwalloritgoes"beep."-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justgentlyliftthewire.Okay?Gre
s.-Great!-Whatwouldyoulikemetotellhim?-
ilegeofservingwitharealpatriot.Heismyfriendandheismygreatmentor.Ladiesandgentlemen,itismyhonortopresentthisyear'sApogeeAwardtoMr.TonyStark.Tony?-Thankyou,Colonel.-Thanksfort

and,muchlessgivealectureonintegratedcircuits.Wherearewe?Comeon,standup.Stan
edone,hewillsetyoufree.-No,hewon't.-No,hewon't.I'msureth
offunny,we'vegotaweaponsdepotthatwasjustblownupafewclicksfromwhereyouwerebeingheldcapti
mewithme.-Rightnow?-We'regoingtohaveitrightnow.-Yeah,walkwithme.-Okay.I'mgoingtogiveyouthemeetingofyourlife.Youroffice.Yeah,we've
o?-Isaidit'sRhodes.-Speakup,please.-Whatinthehellisthatnoise?-Oh,yeah,I'mdrivingwiththetopdown.-Yeah,well,Ineedyourhelprightnow.It'sf
outanightcap.Hotsake?-Yes,two,please.-No.I'mnotdrinking.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.
gtohavetooverloadthereactorandblasttheroof.-Well,howareyougoingtodothat?-You'regoingt

edintoyouratrialseptum.Here,wanttosee?Ihaveasouvenir.Takealook.I'veseenmanywoundslikethatinmyvillag
tingdowntheweaponsm
tastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghere?-Justavoidinggovernmentagents.-Areyoubyyo
anks.Isitbettertobefearedorre
makethelistofmaterials.Hesaysforyoutostartworkingimmediately,andwhenyou'
ross-referencedwithallknowndatabases.Wehavenothing.Anyhighaltitudesurv
dthatIwaskillingthegoldengoose.But,yousee,itwasjustfatet
atwe'regoingforhere?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I'manairman.Youhave,actually,excellentbonestructure,there.I'mkindofhavingahardtimenotlookingatyounow.Isthatweird?Comeon,it'sokay,laugh.-Sir
shTwo,ifyouhaveaclearshot,takeit!You'vebeenreengaged.Executeevasivemaneuver.Keepgoing!Goodchute!Goodchute!-Tony,youstillthere?-Hey,thanks.O
ethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage,Tony.DivertpowertochestRT.Powerreducedto19%.L
we'regonnabesellingalotofnewspapers.Whatdirectionitshouldtake,onethatI'mcomfortablewithandisconsistentwiththehighestgoodforthiscountry,aswell.WhatweshouldtakeawayfromthisisthatTon
inking.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkinga
.Ifhewasconflicte
vebeenbuzzingyou.Didyouheartheintercom?Yeah,everything's...What?-Obadiah'supstairs.-Great!-Whatwouldyoulikemetotellhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.Ithoughtyousaidyouweredonemakingwea
sbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofaninvitation,sir....hasn'tbeenseenin
ony?-Who'sthis?-It'sRhodes.-Sorry,hello?-Isaidit'sRhodes.-Speakup,please.-Whatinthehellisthatnoise?-Oh,yeah,I'mdrivingwiththetopdown.-Yeah,well,Ineedyourhelprightnow.It'sfunnyhowthatworks,huh
isgoingtohurt.Begentle.T
thekingdom,Tonyushersinaneweraforhisfather
pstairs.-Great!-Whatwouldyoulikemetotellhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.Ithoughtyousaidyouweredonemakingweapons.Itis.Thisisaflightstabilizer.It'scompletelyharmless.Ididn'texpectt
,whatyoujustsaw,thatisyourlegacy,Stark.Yourlife'swork,inthehandsofthosemurderers.Isthathowyouwanttogoout?IsthisthelastactofdefianceofthegreatTonyStark?Orareyougoingtodosometh
six,hisfirstengine.Andat17,hegraduatedsummacumlaudefromMIT.Then,thepassingof
gisticsDivision.-That'squiteamouthful.-Iknow.We'reworkingonit.Youknow,we'vebeenapproachedalreadybytheDOD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedivisio
on'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony!Tony!Youokay?-Where'sPepper?-She'sfine.She'swith
nkwe'regonnabefine.Colormeup,William.-ThisiswhereIexit.-Allright.Tomorrow,don'tbelate.-Yeah,youcancount
eoftheseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthebadguyswon'tevenwanttocomeoutoftheircaves.Foryourconsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoftheseinwithe
andready.Canwestartthevirtualwalk-around?Importingpreference
eengaged.Executeevasivemaneuver.Keepgoing!G
odtoseeyou.InevergottosaygoodbyetoDad.Inevergottosaygoodbyetomyfather.There'squestionsthatIwouldhaveaskedhim.Iwouldhaveaskedhimhowhefeltaboutwhatthiscompanydid.Ifhewasconflicted,ifheeverhaddoubts.
soIknowyoudon'trespectme.-Irespectyou.I'mjustyourb
outtobeblowntokingdomcome.That'smyexit.Ballroom,thisisWhiplashOne.I'vegotthebogeyinmysights.WhiplashOne,
tworking.It'snotopeningthedoor.Oh,wow!What'sthat?It's,like,alittledevice?It's,like,athingthat'sgoingtopickthelock?Youmightwanttotakeafewstepsback.That'stheco
God,isthatthethingthat'skeepingyoualive?Itwas.Itisnowanantique.Thisiswhatwillbe
yprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworking.Workit!Comeon!-Weshouldjuststaytillthemorning.-Youareunbelievable.-Oh,no!Didtheyropeyouinto
What'sgoingonhere?Let'sfaceit.Thisisno
stweaponisoneyouneverhavetofire.Irespectfullydisagree.Iprefertheweaponyouonlyhavetofireonce.That'showDaddidit.That'showAmericadoesit.Andit'sworkedoutprettywellsofar.Findanexcuse
eyourlife.Myturn.Notbad.Hey!Howwasthe"fun-vee"?Nexttime,youridewithme,okay?Watchit,cominguphere.Areyoukiddingmewiththis?Getridofthem.Yourey
r?"There'sverylittlehopefortheserefugees,refugeeswhocanonlywonderwho,ifanyone,willhelp.He'sallyours.Whatthehellwasthat?Wereweclearedtogointhere?No,they
efeatthewholepurposeofhavingyourownplaneifitdepartsbeforeyouarrive?Larrycalled.He'sgo
eleastofyourproblems.Crateupthearmorandtherestofit.Allright,let'sfinishuphere.SetupSectorunderneaththearcreactor,a
stuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaerialvehiclewillevertrumpapilot'sinstinct,hisinsight,thata
-No,youwouldn't.IfIhadbeenthatdrunk,Iwouldn'thavebeenabletostand,muchlessgivealectureonintegratedcircuits.Wherearewe?Co
r,andbackandcenter.Dummy,lookalive.You'reonstandbyforfiresafety.You,rollit.Okay.Activatehandcontrol
down...They'reharanguingme,soI'mgonnasayyes.Deflectitandabsorbit.Don'ttransmititbacktome.Ineedyoutosignthisbeforeyougetontheplane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatterof
justwentsupersonic.Igotalock!-Inboundmissile.-Flares!Waitasecond.Bogeydeployedflares!Deployflaps!Holy!Thatthingjustjumpedofftheradar,sir.Thesatvi
alfbeingresponsibleforthewaythat...Thisisgreat.-Oh,comeon.T
redon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'sthe
justsitdown?
lhasyoupickingupthedry-cleaning.IdoanythingandeverythingthatMr.Starkrequires,including,occasionally,takingoutthetrash.Willthatbeall?Givemeanexplodedview.Thecompression
tratio.-Gotit?-Yes.ShallIrenderusingproposedspecifications?Thrillme.Tonight'sred-hotredcarpetisrighthereattheDisneyConcertHall,whereTonyStar
cross-section,sir.-Isitstealth?-No,sir,it'stiny.Wethinkit'sanunmannedaerialvehicle.Colonel,wha
heRaptors.-ThatthingjusttookoutanF-insidealegalnoflyz
ed.Hey!Itisatightfit,sir.Sir,themoreyoustruggle,themorethisisgoingtohurt.Begentle.Thisismyfirsttime.Idesignedthistocomeoff,so...Hey.-I
sisthe"fun-vee."The"hum-drum-vee"isbackthere.-Nicejob.-Seeyoubackatbase.Iwouldn'td
Stark.Comeon,y
zone!WhiplashTwo,
Stark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmerica."Heishonored.Hewantsyoutobuildthemissi
skeepingtheshrapnelfromenteringyourheart.That'sright.Smile.Wemetonce,youknow,a
...There'samagnetattheendofit!Thatwasit.Youjustpulledi
ou.No.No.The15-milehiketotheoutskirtsofGulmiracanonlybedescribedasadescentintohell,intoamoderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillages
esethings.Let'sjustputsomethingonthebooks.Howaboutthe24that7:00p.m.atStarkIndustries?Tellyouwhat.Yougotit.You'reabsolutelyright.Well,I'mgoingtog
here'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pl
osted.Youaresupposedtobehalfwayaroundtheworldrightnow
lwillorinternationalpressure,there'sverylittlehopefortheserefugees.Aroundme,awomanbeggingfornewsonherhusband,whowaskidnappedbyin
ou'renotgoingtobelievethis.Thatthingisback.GetmeMajorAllen.Scramblethejets!N
bysitter.So,whe
im"business.-Youunderstandme?-ThatwasDad'sline.Yougottaletmehandlethis.We'reg
ive!You'veupgradedyourarmor!I'vemadesomeupgradesofmyown!Sir,itappearsthathissuitcanfly.Dulynoted.Takemetomaximumaltitude.Withonly15%power,theoddsofreach
tthepilotwasnotinjured.AsfortheunexpectedturnofeventsonthegroundinGulmira,itisstillunclearwhoorwhatintervened,butI
ivemeagun!-Stayhere!Whoa!TonyStark.Visionary.Genius.Americanpatriot.
-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclearbeforeyoufollowmeout,okay?Weneedmor

EngageHeadsUpDisplay.-Check.Importallpreferencesfromhomeinterface.Willdo,sir.Allright,whatdoyousay?Ihaveindeedbeenuploaded,sir.We'r
ameter,andbackandcenter.Dummy,lookalive.You'reonstandbyforfire
,meonthecompany'sbehalfbeingresponsibleforthewaythat...Thisisgreat.-Oh,comeon.Tony.Tony.-I'llbeintheshop.Hey,hey!Hey,Ton
Flares!Waitasecond.Bogeydeployedflares!Deployflaps!Hol
lthatbeingahero.Andalotofpeoplewouldalsocallthatwarprofiteering.Tellme,doyouplant
oundwithit,either,'causeIfeellikeI'mgonnacatc
ssingjustacoupleofdigitsthere.Theothereight?SoIgotyoufor
ardhasrights,too.They'remakingthecasethatyouandyournewdirection-isn'tinthecompany'sbestinterest.-I'mbeingresponsible!That'
here?No!Youcan'tbedistractedrightnow!Lis
o.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday.-It'syourbirthday?-Yes.Iknewthat
ason.-So?Ithinkit'safairexample.Ithinkit'sincrediblyoverpriced.Ineedit.Buyit.Storeit.Okay.TheMITcommencementspeech...Is
atthewholepurposeofhavingyourownplaneifitdepartsbeforeyouarrive?Larrycalled.He'sgotanotherbuyerfortheJacksonPollockinthewings.Doyouwantit?Yesorno.Isitagoodrepresentationofhisspri
ny.-Obie,whatareyoudoingup
.Anyway...-Whatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-That?Destroyit.Incinerateit.Youdon'twanttokeepit?Pepper,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"isnotoneofthem.-Willthatbeall,Mr
,including,occasionally,takingoutt
feringfromposttraumaticstressandhasbeenbedriddenforweeks.Whateverthecasemaybe,nooneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alittleostentatious,don'tyouthink?WhatwasIthinking?You'reusua
y'sinvolvementinthislatestatrocity.Yeah.Theyjustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotellyou.Iactuallyalmostboughtit,hook,lineandsinker.Iwasoutoftownforacouplemonths,incaseyoudidn'th
tearsforyourlong-lostboss?-Tearsofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.
.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.-No.No?Tony,youhaveto-gotothehospital.-Noisacompleteanswer.-Thedoctorhastolookatyou.-Idon'thavetodoa
hypersonI'veevermet.You'regonnadogreat.Isittoomuchofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh,t
.It'sfine.-Whatdoyouwantmetodo?-Putth
ewasconflicted,ifheeverhaddoubts.Ormaybehewas
nyStark.-Hello,sir.-Speakingofmannedorunmanned,yougottagethimtotellyouaboutthetimeheguessedwrongatspringbreak.Justremembe

goingintocardiacarrest'causeyouyankeditoutlikeatrout...-What?Yousaiditwassafe!-Wegottahurry.Takethi
eeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmetodoanythingelse?Keeptheskiesclear.Damn!Nexttime,baby.Lookslikeyouwereright.Hewasbuildingasuit.
le.-Hello?-Tony?-Who'sthis?-It'sRhodes.-Sorry,hello?-Isaidit'sRhodes.-Speakup,please.-Whatinthehellisthatnoise?-Oh,yeah,I'mdrivingwiththetopdown.-
edwellingstheycanfindintheruinsofothervillages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSoviet
Okay,yougotit?Now,don'tletittouchthesideswhenyou
inking.We'reworkingrightnow.-Youcan'tha
pullitout,youdon't...There'samagnetattheendofit!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,Go
y'snotworking.It'snotopeningthedoor.Oh,wow!What'sthat?It's,like,alittledevice?It's,like,athingthat'
ongwithyou?-Wh
rSocialSecuritynumber?-Five.-Five?-Right.-Right.You'
sile.TheJerichomissilethatyoudemonstrated.Thisone.Irefuse.Tony!Hewantstoknowwhatyouthink.Ithinkyougotalotofmyweapons.
Imean,meonthecompany'sbehalfbeingresponsibleforthewaythat
asn'tMarines.Ineedanswers!CanIpleasegeteyesontarget?-Negative,negative.-Cannotidentify.GetmeColonelRhodesfromWeaponsDevelopmentdownherenow!WerananIDcheckandcross-referencedwit
edofftheradar,sir.Thesatvisualhasbeenlost.Nowaythat'saUAV.Whatisit?Ican'tseeanything
opitchthem.Letmehavetheeng
y,easy.Yourememberthisone,right?It'sash
pullitout,youdon't...There's
aboutanightcap.Hotsake?-Yes,two,please.-No.I'mnotdrinking.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalking
omyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantastic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghere?-Justavoidinggovernmentagents.-Areyoubyyourself?-Yes.Where'dyougetthatdress?-O
needtwosetsofprecisiontools.-Howmanylanguagesdoyouspeak?-Alot.Butapparently,notenoughforthisplace.TheyspeakArabic,Urdu,Dari,Pashto,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theya
.Starkrequires,including,occasionally,takingoutthetrash.Willthatbeall?Givemeanexplodedview.Thecompressionincylindert
ntthis.Iwantthis.Thankyouforsavingme.Don'twasteit.Don'twasteyourlife.Myturn.
ticalsatellite.Thatshouldensureafuselageintegritywhilemaintainingpower-to-weightratio.-Gotit?-Yes.ShallIrenderusingproposedspecifications?Thrillme.Tonight'sred-hotredcarpetisrighthereattheDisneyCon
ldhavegonebetterifyouwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.In
at'sanewdirectionforme,forthecompany.Imean,meonthecompany'sbehalfbeingresponsibleforthewaythat...Thisisgreat.-Oh,comeon.Tony.Tony.-I'llbeintheshop.Hey,he
I'veaskedyoutosimplymakeitsmaller.Okay,sir,andthat'swhatwe'retryingtodo,buthonestly,it'simpossible.TonyStarkwasabletobuildthisinacave!Withaboxofscrap
ferentrightnow.-Hottowel?Youdon'trespectyourself,-s
eabouttoarrestObadiah.That'snotgoingtobeenough.Section16.Section16.Thereit
by.Lookslikeyouwereright.Hewasbuildingasuit.Ithoughtit'dbebigger.HowdoyouthinktheMarkOnechestpieceisgoingtoholdup?Thes
ware...-Obadiah,he'sgoneinsane!-Iknow.-Listen,you'dbettergetoutofthere.-Hebuiltasuit.Getoutofthererightnow!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourserv
attotellyou.Iactuallyalmostboughtit,hook,lineandsinker.Iwasoutoftownforacouplemonths,incaseyoudidn'thear.Isthiswhatyoucallaccountability?It'satowncalledGu
ell,comeon.-Yougetmeoneofthose?-There'sonlyoneleft.Ineedit.Hey,lookwho'shere!Yeah!-MissPotts?-Yes.CanIspeaktoyouforamoment?I'mnotpartofthepressconference,butit's
hnology.Comeon.Thearcreactor,that'sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.
ss,Iwillgiveyouthesedesignsasagift.Andinturn,
urgringanybells?LetmeshowyouthenewStarkIndustriesbusinessplan!Look,that'saweaponscompanythat
ingimmediately,andwhenyou'redone,hewillsetyoufree.-No,hewon't.-No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingforyou,Stark.Buttheywillneverfindyouinthesemountains.Look,whatyoujustsaw,thatisyourlegacy,Stark.Yourlif
ombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaerialvehiclewillevertrumpapilot
eirresponsiblenottodrink.I'mj
first,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmadeamasterpieceofdeath.AmanwithadozenofthesecanruleallofAsia.AndyoudreamofStark'sthrone.Wehaveacommone
signthisbeforeyougetontheplane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,yougotplans?-Asamatteroffact,Ido.-Idon't
Careful.Careful,weonlygetoneshotatthis.Relax.Ihavesteadyhands.Whydoyouthinkyou'restillalive?-WhatdoIcal
theworld.Don'tworry.It'llonlylastfor15minutes.That'stheleastofyourproblems.Crateupthearmorandtherestofit.Allright,let'sfinishuphere.SetupSectorundernea
nditseemsasthoughthere'salittlehiccup.-Actually...-Ahiccup?Yes,topowert
e.It'sthefirstmissilesystemtoincorporateourproprietaryrepulsor
dustriesisallabout,andourpartnershipwiththefireandrescuecommunity...-Hey,Tony,rememberme?-Suredo
FBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedivisionwithamorespecificfocus.WeneedtodebriefMr.Starkaboutthecircumstancesofhisescape.-I'llputsomethinginthebook,shallI?-Thankyou.Hey,woulditbeallrightifeve
uicklystolethespotlightwithhisbrilliantanduniquemind.Atagefour,hebuilthisfirstcircuitboa
ingcando.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing
thedry-cleaning.IdoanythingandeverythingthatMr.Starkrequires,including,occasionally,takingoutthetrash.Willthatbeall?Givemeanexplodedview.Thecompressionincylinderthreeappearstobelo
er.Obie,Ijustdon'twantabodycounttobeour
Welcome,Mr.Stark.Welookforwardtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,Ihumblypresentthecrown
ests.Thisisalockchip.This'llgetyouin.It'sprobablyunderExecutiveFiles.Ifnot,theyp
t'sactuallyaniceplace.-Gotafamily?Yes,andIwillseethem
r,therearestillterabytesofcalculationsneededbeforeanactualf
amp.Whyareyoutryingtohustlemeoutofhere?Yo
onebetterifyouwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,comeon.Inpublic.Thepress.-Thiswasaboardofdirectorsmeeting.-
ninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycontroversialpressconference.Someclaimhe'ssufferingfromposttraumaticstressandhasbeenbedriddenforweeks.Whateverthecasemaybe,nooneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.
etogetyourmindright.-I'mserious.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Tony.Thanks.-Jar
izer.It'scompletelyharmless.Ididn'texpectthat.How'ditgo?Itwentthatbad,huh?JustbecauseIbroughtpizzabackfromNewYork-doesn'tmeanitwentbad.-Suredoesn't.Oh,boy.Itwouldhavegonebetterifyouwerethere.
ldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,whatasurprise.I'llseeyouinside.Hey.Listen,takeitslow,allright?IthinkIg
eptfromstarvationwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwholelife?I'dbepreparedtoloseafewwithyou.Goodm
d.Thisone.Irefuse.Tony!Hewantstoknowwhatyouthink.Ithinkyougotalotofmyweapons.Hesaystheyhav
emadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!Weicedup,Jarvis!Deployflaps!Jarvis!Comeon,wegottobreaktheice!K
diculousdress,andthenweweredancinglikethatand...-Iwouldlikeadrink,please.-Gotit,okay.-Iwouldlikeavodkamartini,ple
llsetyoufree.-No,hewon't.-No,hewon't.I'msurethey'relookingfo
anufacturingisonlyonesmallpartofwhatStarkIndustriesisallabout,
ks,huh?Yeah.Speakingoffunny,we'vegotaweaponsdepotthat
kintoarcreactortechnology.Com
racanonlybedescribedasadescentintohell,intoamoderndayHeartofDarkness.Simplefarmersandherdersfrompeacefulvillageshavebeendrivenfromtheirhomes,displacedfromtheirlandsbywarlordsemboldenedbyanew-found
vertrumpapilot'sinstinct,hisinsight,thatabilitytolo
eveloperHowardStarkquicklystolethespotlightwithhisbrilliantanduniqu
.TherearetwothingsIwanttodo.IwantanAmericancheeseburger,-andthe
rytasteful.Thankyou,Mr.Stark.You'rewelcome,MissPotts.Okay.You'regood.IthoughtIlostyoubackthere.Youdid,sir.Ihadtoc
rs.Technology.It'salwaysbeenyourAchilles'heelinthispartoftheworld.Don'tworry.It'llon
summacumlaudefromMIT.Then,thepassingofatitan.HowardStark'slifelongfriendandally,ObadiahStane,stepsintohelpfillthegapleftbythelegendaryfounder,until,atage21,theprodigalsonreturnsandisanointedthe
rstandme?DoasIdo.Hesays,"Welcome,TonyStark,themostfamousmassmurderer"inthehistoryofAmer
?That'smyphone,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedor

andI'mputtingonm
tout...No,no.Youdon'thavetobelikeme!Butyou'remorethanwhatyouare.CanyouexcusemeifI'mabitdistractedhere?No!
thereactorandb
swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgot
Yes,thatshouldhelpyoukeepalowprofile.Therenderiscomplete.Hey,Ilikeit.Fabricateit.Paintit.Commencingautomatedassembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,honey.Weaponsm
loyalcustomers,sir.TheycallthemselvestheTenRings.Youknow,wemightbemoreproductiveifyouincludemeintheplanningprocess.Okay,wedon'tneedth
That'swhatI'mta
kemetotellhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.Ithoughtyousaidyouweredonemakingweapons.Itis.Thisisaflightstabilizer.It'scompletelyharmless.Ididn'texpectthat.How'ditgo?Itwentthatbad,huh?Justbecause
letostand,muchlessgivealectureonintegratedcircuits.Wherearewe?Comeon,standup.Standup!JustdoasIdo.Comeon,putyourhandsup.Thosearemyguns.Howdidtheygetmyguns?Doyouunderstandme?Do
re'snothingwecan'tdoifwesticktogether,likeyourfatherandI.I'msorryIdidn'tgiveyouaheads-up,okay?-Buti
tolookintoit.Twopercent.Wearenowrunningonemergencybackupp
ougoingtodosomethingaboutit?WhyshouldIdoanything?They'regoingtokillme,you,eitherway.Andifthe
gatyounow.Isthatweird?Comeon,it'sokay,laugh.-Sir,Ihaveaq
Willdo,sir.Allright,whatdoyousay?Ihaveindeedbeenuploaded,sir.We'reonlineandready.Canwestartthevirtualwalk-around?Importingpreferencesa
otakeafewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmetod
eethem.Showmeyourhands.Let'sseethem.Oh,wow.Theyaresmall.Verypetite,indeed.
you.Hey,woulditbeallrightifeveryonesatdown?Whydon'tyoujustsitdown?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittlelessformaland...-What'supwi
nethatIworkwithinadresswithnoback.-Youlookgreatandyousmellgreat.-Oh,God.ButIcouldfireyouifthatwouldta
Actually,Idon'tk
estigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworking.Workit!Comeon!-Weshouldjuststaytillthemorning.-Youareunbelievable.-Oh,no!Didtheyropeyoui
Great!-Whatwouldyoulikemetotellhim?-Great.I'llberightup.Okay.Ithoughtyousaidyouweredonemakingwe
gs.Youknow,wemightbemoreproductiveifyo
darcreactor.Igotabigonepoweringmyfactoryathome.Itshouldkeeptheshrapneloutofmyheart.Butwhatcoulditgenerate?Ifmymathisright,anditalwaysis,threegigajoulespersecond.Thatcouldrunyourheartfor50lifetim
e?-Ithoughtofyouasasoldierfirst.-I

bedtime.-Icanseethat.-I'dliketoshowyoufirst-hand.AllIwantisaseriousanswer.Okay,here'sserious.Myoldmanhadaphilosophy,"Peacemeanshavingabi
stractedrightnow!Listentome!General.Welcome,Mr.Stark.Welookforwardtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,Ihumblypresentthecr
,indexasMarkTwo.ShallIstorethisontheStarkIndustriesCentralDatabase?Actually,Idon'tknowwhototrustrightnow.Tillfurthernotice,whydon'twejustkeepeverythingonm
ouhaveradiocontact?-Nonresponsive,sir.Theny
ful.Well,I'mnotTonyStark.ButifIwereTony,IwouldtellyouhowhonoredIfeelandwhatajoyitistoreceivethisveryprestigiousaward.Tony,youknow...ThebestthingaboutTon
ngage.Hitit.Thatbogeyjustwentsupersonic.Igotalock!-Inboundmissile.
singshort-termparalysis.Tony.WhenIorderedthehitonyou,IworriedthatIwaskillingthegoldengoose.But,yousee,itwasjustfatethatyous
totellyoubefore.Okay,nowmakesurethatwhenyoupullitout,youdon't...There'sa
easkedhim.Iwouldhaveaskedhimhowhefeltaboutwhatthiscompanydid.
rk.Tony?Tony,areyouthere?Hello?Breathe.Easy,easy.Yourememberthisone,right?It'sashamethegovernmentdidn'tapproveit.There'ssomanyapp
vertpowertochestRT.Powerreducedto19%.Lady!No,no,no,no,no,no!For30years,I'vebeenholdingyouup!Ibuiltthiscompanyfromn
sentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStark
euniqueprivilegeofservingwitharealpatriot.Heismyfriendandheismygreatmentor.Ladiesandgentlemen,itismyhonortopresentthisyear'sApogeeAwardtoMr.TonyStark.Tony?-Than
?Iwassohappywhenhecamehome.Itwaslikewegothimbackfromthedead.NowIrealize,well,Tonyneverreallydidcomehome,didhe?Heleftapartofhimselfinthatcave.Breaksmyheart.Well,he'sacomplicatedper
sedtobehalfwayaroundtheworldrightnow.-How'dshetakeit?-Like
likethatand...-Iwouldlikeadrink,please.-Gotit,okay.-Iwou
orkeptfromstarvationwithourintelli-crops?Allthosebreakthroughs,militaryfunding,honey.Youeverloseanhourofsleepyourwholel
t,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice.You'reofnobenefitatall.Movedowntothetoe.Igotthis.Okay,I'msorry,amIinyourway?Up.Screwit.Don'tevenmove.Youare
oundslikethatinmyvillage.Weca
eof500millionormore.Topeace!-Tony.-Obie,whatareyoudoingup?Icouldn'tsleeptillIfoundouthowitwent.How'
asmalltowncalledGulmira.-It'sactuallyaniceplace.-Gotafamily?Yes,andIwillseethemwhenIleavehere.Andyou,Stark?-No.-N
ere'ssomanyapplicationsforcausingshort-termparalysis.Tony.WhenIorderedthehitonyou,IworriedthatIwaskillingthegoldengoose.But,yousee,itwasjustfatethatyousurvivedthat.Youhadonelastgold
plashTwo,ifyouhaveaclearshot,takeit!You'vebeenreengaged.Executeevasivemaneuver.Keepgoing!Goodchute!Goodchute!-Tony
Whatdoeshewant?Whatdoyouwant?Adeliverydate?Ineedhim.G
rica."Heishonored.Hewantsyoutobuildthemissile.TheJerichomi
ameisYinsen.Yinsen.Nicetomeetyou.Nicetomeetyou,too.

ctiveimmediately,Iamshuttingdowntheweapon
important!Ineverhadatasteforthissortofthing,butImustadmit,I'mdeeplyenjoyingthesuit!Youfinallyoutdidyourself,Tony!You'dhavemadeyourfatherproud!It'sready,Ton
onallyincapableofbeingresponsible.Itwouldbeirre
tittouchthesocketwalloritgoes"beep."-Whatdoyoumean,"Operation"?-It'sjustagame,nevermind.-Justgentlyliftthewire.Okay?Great.-Okay.Youknow,Idon'tthinkthatI'mqualifiedtodothis.No,you'ref
.Thankyouall
naseeif10%thrustcapacityachieveslift.Andthree,two,
sodiscreet.Tellyouwhat.Throwalittlehot-rodredin
lmetals.Usethegoldtitaniumalloyfromtheseraphimtacticalsatellite.Thatshouldensureafuselageintegritywhilemaintainingpower-to-weightratio.-Gotit?-Yes.ShallIrenderusingproposedspecifications?Thri
underthetable
dforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keepgoing!Higher!We
acktoyouwiththefo
ere'snoartopening.Th
door,forkright,33steps,turnrigh
rewedealingwithhere?-Letmemakeacall.-Sergeant,clearahole.-Hello?-Tony?-Who'sthis?-It'sRhodes.-Sorry,hello?-Isaidit'sRhodes.-Speakup,please.-Whatinthehellisthatnoise?-Oh,yeah,I'mdrivingwiththetopdown.
us.It'saninorganicplasmicdischargefromthedevice,-notfrommybody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.Thecopperwire.Thecopperwire,yougotit?-Okay,Igotit!Ig
onyouonlyhavetofireonce.That'showDaddidit.That'showAmer
againstyou.ItwastheonlywayIcouldprotectyou.No.No.The15-milehiketotheoutskirtsofGulmiracanonlybedescribedasad
ead?Whatdoyouthinktheover-underonthestockdropisgonnabeto
aidustrinketstokillaprince.Showmetheweapon.Come.Leaveyourguardsoutside.Hisescapeboreunexpectedfruit.Sothisishowhedidit.Thisisonlyafirst,crudeeffort.Starkhasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmadeamaste
thatand...-Iwouldlikeadrink,please.-Gotit,okay.-Iwouldlikeavodkamartini,please.-Okay.Verydrywitholives,alotofolives.Like,atleastthreeolives.Twovodkamartinis,extr
it.Ishouldn'tbealive,unlessitwasforareason.I'mnotcrazy,Pepper.IjustfinallyknowwhatIhavetodo.AndIknowinmyheartthatit'sright.You'reallIhav
s.Hightidewillbeat10:52a.m.Tony?Hey,Tony?Youarenotauthorizedtoaccessthisarea.-Jesus.-That'sJarvis.Herunsthehouse.I'vegotyourclotheshere.They'vebeendry-cleanedandpressed,andthere'sacarwaitingfor
,onethatI'mcomfortablewithandisconsistentwiththehighestgoodforthiscountry,aswell.WhatweshouldtakeawayfromthisisthatTony'sback!Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'reg
atthat?That'ssomethingelse.Idon'thaveanyofthosefloatingaround.We'regonnaletitride!Givemeahand,willyou?Givemealittlesomething-some
one,that'sapictureofmeandmydad.Rightthere.Inthegarbage.Allthatstuff.Thefutureofaircombat.Isitmannedorunmanned?I'lltellyou,inmyexperience,nounmannedaerialvehiclewillevertrumpapilot'sinstinct,hisins
kofmyhead?Yourhea
eath"?That'snotbad.-Letmeguess.Berkeley?-Brown,act
enholdingyouup!Ibuiltthiscompanyfromnothing!Nothingisgoingto
'sthirdannualbenefitfortheFirefighter'sFamilyFundhasbecometheplacetobeforL.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofaninvitation,sir....hasn'tbeenseeninpublics
ackintothemainframeandyou'regoingtoretrievealltherecentshippingmanifests.Thisis
toknowifit'sus.No,itdefinit
ofolives.Like,atleastthreeolive
.Missilesoffline.Flares!Veryclever,Tony.-Potts?-Tony!Thisisn'tworking.We'regoingtohavetooverloadthereacto
ages,orhereintheremnantsofanoldSovietsmeltingplant.RecentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenareheavilyarmedandonamission.Ami
tbelongstoyou?Yourfather,hehelpedgiveustheatomicbomb.Now,whatkindofworldwoulditbetodayifhewasasselfishasyou?Oh,it'sbeautiful.Tony,thisisyourNinthSymphony.Whatam
essary,people.Justatrainingexercise.Yes,sir.-Thirteenpercentpower,sir.-Climb!-Elevenpercent.-Keepgoing!-
exist.-Soit's...-Wait,wait,wait.Thetechnology?William,hereis
nt.RecentviolencehasbeenattributedtoagroupofforeignfightersreferredtobylocalsastheTenRings.Asyoucansee,thesemenarehea
'regoingtodoit.Gotothecentralconsole,openupallthecircuits.WhenIgetclearo
donship!DoestheHindenburg
slowdown.WhywouldObadiah...Okay,where'sTonynow?Idon'tknow.He'snotansweringhisphone.Pleasegooverthereandmakesureeverything'sokay.Thankyou,Rhodey.Iknowashortcut.Goodboy.Tony?Tony?Tony?Tony?
gtoseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Thankyouforsavingme.Don'twasteit.Don'twasteyourlife.Myturn.Notbad.Hey!Howwasthe"fun-vee"?Nexttime,youridewithme,okay?Watchit,cominguphere.Areyoukid
hout!WhiplashOnedown.WhiplashTwo,doyouseeachute?Negative!Nochute,nochute!Mychute'sjammed!Sir,I'vegotavisualonthebogey.Whi
move?Okay,sayi

e.Tony,IneedtospeaktoyouaboutacouplethingsbeforeIgetyououtofthedoor.Doesn'titkindofdefeatthewholepurposeofhavingyourownplaneifitdepartsbeforeyouarrive?Larrycalled.He's
ion.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,Ihumblypresentthec
eexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alittleostentatious,don'tyouthink?WhatwasIthinking?You'reusuallysodiscreet.Tell
um-vee"isbackthere.-Nicejob.-Seeyoubackatbase.Iwouldn'tdothatifIwereyou.Whatthehelldidyoudo
troyit.Incinerateit.Youdon'twanttokeepit?Pepper,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nos
owthatIwouldhelpyouwithanything,butIcannothelpyouifyou'regoingtostartallofthisagain.Thereisnothingexceptt
'squiteamouthful.-Iknow.We'reworkingonit.Youknow,we'vebeenapproachedalreadybytheDOD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparat
tonyou,IworriedthatIwaskillingthegoldengoose.But,yousee,it
iveyouthemeetingofyourlife.Youroffice.Yeah,we'vebeenwork
ng.Relax.Thebowandarrowoncewasthepinnacleofweaponstechnology.ItallowedthegreatGenghisKhantorulefromthePacifictotheUkraine.Anempiretwicet
thing,butImustadmit,I'mdeeplyenjoyingthesuit!Youfinallyoutdidyourself,Tony
reehoursyougotmestandinghere.Waitingonyounow.Let'sgo.Comeon.Wheelsup!Rockandroll!-Whatyoureading,platypus?-Nothin
youwerethere.Youtoldmetolaylow.That'swhatI'vebeendoing.-Ilaylow,andyoutakecareofall...-Hey,com
.I'mnotdrinking.Idon'twantany.That'swhatI'mtalkingabout.WhenIgetupinthemorningandI'mputtingonmyuniform,youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniform
neofthem.-Willthatbeall,Mr.Stark?-Thatwillbea
hingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmetodoanythingelse?Keeptheskiesclear.Damn!
alibratingvirtualenvironment.Doacheckoncontrolsurfaces.Asyouwish.Testcomplete
iddingmewiththis?Getridofthem.Youreyesarered.Afewtearsforyourlong-lostboss?-Tearsofjoy.Ihatejobhunting.-Yeah,vacation'sover.Whereto,sir?-Takeustothehospital,please,Happy.
ge.Wecallthemthewalkingdeadbecauseittakesaboutaweekforthebarbstoreachthevitalorgans.-Whatisthis?-Thatisanelectromagnet,hookeduptoacarbattery,andit'skeepingtheshrapnelfromenteringyourheart.Th
reatTonyStark?Orareyougoingtodosomethingaboutit?WhyshouldIdoanything?They'regoingtokillme,you,eitherway.Andiftheydon't,I'llprobablybedeadinaweek.Well,then,thisisaveryimportantweekforyou,isn'tit?Ifthi
n?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittlelessformaland...-What'supwiththelove-in?-Don'tlookatme.Idon'tknowwhathe'supto.-Goodtoseeyou.-Goodtoseeyou.InevergottosaygoodbyetoDad.Inevergot
tmetodo?-Putthatonthetableoverthere.-Thatisirrelevant.-Oh,myGod!Iwantyoutoreachin,andyou'rejustgonnagentlyliftthewireout.-Isitsafe?-Yeah,itshouldbefine.It'slikeOperation.Youjustdon'
.Howare...-Obadiah,he'sgoneinsane!-Iknow.-Listen,you'dbettergetoutofthere.-Hebuiltasuit.Getoutofthererightnow!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenolongerrequired.Stane!Iloveth
youknowwhatIrecognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyback!Hey,youknowwhat?I'mnotlikeyou.I'mnotcutout...No,no.Youdon'thavetobelikeme!Butyou'remorethanwhaty
sMarkTwo.ShallIstorethisontheStarkIndustriesCentralDatabase?Actually,Idon'tknowwhototrustrightnow.Tillfurth
t!Ineverhadatasteforthissortofthing,butImustadmit,I'mdeeplyenjoyingthesuit!Y
least1.6,sowhydon'tyougobreakdowntheother11?Careful.Careful,weonlygetoneshotatthis.Relax.Ihavesteadyhands.Whydoyouthinkyou'restil
coming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclearbeforeyoufollowmeout,okay?W

sir.TheycallthemselvestheTe
thatyoudemonstrated.Thisone.Irefuse.Tony!Hewantstoknowwhatyouthink.Ithinkyougotalotofmyweapons.HesaystheyhaveeverythingyouneedtobuildtheJerichomissile.He
thecircuits.WhenIgetclearoftheroof,I'llletyouknow.You'regoingtohi
effective.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sadeadend,right?Maybe.AmIright?Wehaven'thadabreakthroughinthatinwhat?-Thirtyyears.-That'swhattheysay
ait,wait!Givemeagun!-Stayhere!Whoa!TonyStark.Visionary.Genius.Americanpatriot.Evenfromanearlyage,thesonoflegendaryweaponsdeveloperHowardStarkquicklystolethespotlightwithhisbrilliantanduniquemind.Atag
gforyououtsidethatwilltakeyouanywhereyou'dliketogo.-YoumustbethefamousPepperPotts.-IndeedIam.After
khasperfectedhisdesign.Hehasmadeamasterpieceofdeath.Amanwithadozenofth
myhead?Whatdoyouthinktheover-underonth
riesisallabout,andourpartnershipwiththefireandrescuecommunity...-Hey,Tony,rememberme?-Suredon't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtow
ourfamily.Getup.Myfamilyisdead.I'mgoingtoseethemnow,Stark.It'sokay.Iwantthis.Iwantthis.Thankyouforsavingm
gareyourhands?-What?-Howbigareyourhands?-Idon'tundersta
She'sallright?-Hi.-Hi.-Yeah.Okay,go.-It'sokay?You'vebeencalledthedaVinciofourtime.-Whatdoyousaytothat?-Absolutelyridiculous.Idon'tpaint.Andwhatdoyousaytoyourothernic
.-Please,doyoumind?-Haveyouseenthesepictures?-What'sgoingoninGulmira?-Tony,Tony.-Youcan'taffordtobethisnaive.-Youknowwhat?Iwasnaivebefore,whentheysaid,"Here'stheline.Wedon'tcrossit."Thisisho
eit.-Ihaveit.-PressControl"l".-"I
efromthePacifictotheUkraine.AnempiretwicethesizeofAlexandertheGreatandfourtimesthesizeoftheRomanEmpire.Buttoday,whoeverholdsthelate
on't.Youlookgreat,Hef.We'regoingtohaveagreatquarter.What'stheworldcomingtowhenaguy'sgottocrashhisow
tapieceofequipment.I'minit.It'sasuit.It'sme!Rhodey,yougotanythingforme?-Markyourpositionandreturntobase.-Rogerthat,Ballroom.Onyourbelly!Itlookslikeaman!Shakehimo
plashTwo,reengage.Ifyougetaclearshot,youtakeit.Major,wedon'tevenknoww
ohavetotakealotofheat.Iwantyoutopr
eagun!-Stayhere!Whoa!TonyStark.Vis
orme,honey.WeaponsmanufacturingisonlyonesmallpartofwhatStarkIndustriesisallabout,andourpartnershipwiththefireandrescuecommunity...-He
!Didtheyropeyouintothis?-Nobodyropedmeintoanything!-I'msosorry.-But
ems.Connecttothesys.co.Haveitreconfiguretheshellmetals.Usethegoldtitaniumalloyfromtheseraphimtacticalsatellite.Thatshouldensureafusela
mentinthislatestatrocity.Yeah.Theyjustputmynameontheinvitation.Idon'tknowwhattotellyou.Iactuallyalmostboughtit,hook,lineandsinker.Iwasoutoft
wire,yougotit?-Okay,Igotit!Igotit!-Ok

lktome.Tellmewhenyouseeit.-Ihaveit.-PressControl"l".-"I."Gotit.-"I.""Enter.""l"and"Enter.

ress.They'refilinganinjunction.-Awhat?-Theywanttolockyouout.Why,'causethestocksdipped40points?Weknewthatwasgonnahappen.-Fifty
ething?-Ineedyoutolistentome.-No.Whatyouneedistimetogetyourmindright.-I'mserious.-Okay.It'sniceseeingyou,Tony.Thanks.-Jarvis,youup?-Foryou,sir,always.I'dliketoopenanewprojectf
llynotharmless,bytheway.We'redancing.Noone'sevenwatching.EverybodywhoIworkwith...No,youknowwhy?Ithinkyoulostobjectivity.Ithinktheyjust...People...Wejustdanced.No,itwasnotjustadance.Youdo
neverhavetofire.Irespectfullydisagree.Iprefertheweaponyouonlyhavetofireonce.That'showDaddidit.That'showAmericadoesit.Andi
.Thearcreactor,that'sapublicitystunt!Tony,comeon.Webuiltthatthingtoshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercosteffective.Weknewthatbeforewebuiltit.Arcreactortechnology,that'sa
n'tsleeptillIfoundouthowitwent.How'ditgo?Itwentgreat.Lookslikeit'sgonnabeanearlyChristmas.Hey!Waytogo,myboy!I'llseeyoutomorrow,yeah?Whyaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnigh
naweek.Well,then,thisisaveryimportantweekforyou,isn'tit?Ifthisis
dhowyouarewithgirlsandallofthat,whichiscompl
nthere.Yes,thatshouldhelpyoukeepalowprofile.Therenderiscomplete.Hey,Ilikeit.Fabricateit.Paintit.Commencingautomatedassembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,
s?Wehadanappointment.Didyouforgetaboutourappointment?Nope,rightnow.Come
Notnecessary,people.Justatrainingexercise.Yes,sir.-Thirteenpercen
?I'mnot,Iwasjustjogginginthecanyon.-Ithoughtyouwe
Obie.Day11,test37,configuration2.0.Forlackofabetteroption,Dummyisstillonfiresafety.Ifyoudousemeagain,andI'mnotonfire,I'mdonatingyoutoacityco
'tshowupontheradar?Gotaminimalradarcross-section,sir.-Isitstealth?-No,sir,it'stiny.Wethinkit'sanunmannedaerialv
referencesfromhomeinterface.Willdo,sir.Allright,whatdoyousay?Ihaveindeedbeenuploaded,sir.We'reonlineandready.Canwestartthevirtualwalk-around?I
thisontheStarkIndustriesCentralDatabase?Actually,Idon'tknowwhototrustrightnow.Tillfurthernotice,whydon'twejustkeepeverythingonmyprivateserver?
?-She'sfine.She'swithfiveagents.They'reabouttoarrestObadiah.That'snotgoingtobeenough.Section16.Section16
attheUnitedStatesgovernmentwasnotinvolved.Hey!Itisatightfit,sir.Sir,themoreyoustruggle,themorethisisgoi
blicsincehisbizarreandhighlycontrover
ackatbase.Iwouldn'tdothatifIwereyou.Whatthehelldidyoudotome?WhatIdid?WhatIdidistosaveyourlife.IremovedalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,andit'sheadedintoyoura
casemaybe,nooneexpectsanappearancefromhimtonight.Therenderiscomplete.Alittleostentatious,don'tyouthink?WhatwasIt
uldyouhavealousierpokerface?Justtellme,whotoldyou?-Nevermindwhotoldme.Showme.-It'sRho
anshavingabiggerstickthantheotherguy."That'sa
farm.Ithinkbogey'sbeenhandled,sir.-Hello?-Hi,Rhodey,it'sme.-It's
epyourwholelife?I'dbepreparedtoloseafewwithyou.Goodmorning.It's7:00a.m.Theweathe
tically,40points.-Atmin
s,advancedrobotics,satellitetargeting.Today,TonyStarkhaschangedthefaceoftheweaponsindustrybyensuringfreedomandprotectin
.It'snotas...Well,notasconservativeasyours.Toobadyou
ntralconsole,openupallthecircuits.WhenIgetclearofthero
'tinthecompany'sbestinterest.-I'mbeingresponsible!That'sanewdirectionforme,forth
Now,whatamIsupposedtotel
Iknow.-Whatdoyouknow?-How'dthatwork?-Oh,mygoodness.-Itworkedallright.-That'
crashhisownparty?Lookatyou.Hey,wh
gonthebooks.Howaboutthe24that7:00p.m.atStarkIndustries?Tellyouwhat.Yougotit.You'reabsolutelyright.Well,I'mgoingtogotomyassistant,andwe'llmakeadate.Youlookfantast

mannedaerialvehiclewillevertrumpapilot'sinstinct,hisinsight,thatabilitytolookintoasituationbeyondtheobvious

could,butthere'salotleft,andit'sheadedintoyouratrialseptum.Here,wanttosee?Ihaveasouvenir.Takealook.I'veseenmanywound
eacommonenemy.Ifwearestillinbusiness,Iwillgiveyouthesedesignsasagift.Andinturn,Ihopeyou'llrepaymewitha
,orapilot'sjudgment.Colonel?Whynotapilotwithouttheplane?Lookwhofelloutofthesky.Mr.TonyStark.-Hello,sir.-Speakingofmannedorunmanned,yougottagethi
regoingtoretrievealltherece
lly,40points.-Atmi
chofaproblemtoask?'CauseI'm...-Okay,okay.-Ireallyneedyourhelphere.Okay.Oh
ddiscernitsoutcome,orapilot'sjudgment.Colonel?Whynotapilot
,unlessitwasforareason.I'mnotcrazy,Pepper.Ijustfinallyknowwha
sgoingoninGulmira?-Tony,Tony.-Youcan'taffordtobethisnaive.-Youknowwhat?Iwasnaivebefore,whentheysaid,"Here'stheline.Wedon'tcrossit.
Iknow,thebetter.Now,whatamIsupposedtotellthepress?Trainingexercise.Isn'tthattheusualBS?It'snotthatsimple.AnunfortunatetrainingexerciseinvolvinganF-22Raptorocc
ecantalk,sir.-Oh,Isee.Soit'spersonal?-No,youintimidatethem.GoodGod,you'reawoman.Ihonestly...
ody.-Itsmells!Yeah,itdoes.Thecop
haveacommonenemy.Ifwearestillinbusiness,Iwillgiveyouthesedesignsasagift.Andinturn,Ihopeyou'llrepaymewithagiftofironsoldiers.Technology.It'salwaysbeenyourAchilles'heelinthispartoftheworld.
yaren'tyouwearingthosepajamasIgotyou?Goodnight,Tony.-Hey,Tony.-I'msorry,thisisthe"fun-vee."The"hum-drum-vee"isbackthere.
omeetyou.Nicetomeetyou,too.Thatdoesn'tlooklikeaJerichomissil
JustbecauseIbroughtpizzabackfromNewYor
tIlostyoubackthere.Youdid,sir.IhadtocutacrossMulholland.Igotyou.Igotyou.What'swrongwithyou?-What?-Threehours.IgotcaughtdoingapieceforVanityFair.Forthreehours.Forthreehoursyougotmestandinghere.Waitin
wegothimbackfromthedead.NowIreali
umalloyfromtheseraphimtacticalsatellite.Thatshouldensureafuselageintegritywhilemaintainingpower-to-weightr
Christine.-Carrie.-Christine.That'sright.Youhavealotofnerveshowingupheretonight.CanIatleastgetareactionfrom
wouldtaketheedgeoff.Iactuallydon'tthinkthatyoucouldtieyourshoeswithoutme.-I'dmakeitaweek.Sure.-Really?What'syourSocialSecurityn
Ifyou'dkilledhimwhenyouweresupposedto,you'dstillhaveaface.Youpaidustrinketstokillaprince.Showm
youwithanaward,you'dbedeeplyhonored.OfcourseI'dbedeeplyhonored.Andit'syou,that'sgreat.-Sowhendowedoit?-
ldrunyourheartfor50lifetimes.Yeah.Orsomethingbigfor15minutes.-Thisisourticketoutofhere.-Whatisit?Flattenthemoutandlook.Oh,wow.Impressive
bit.Don'ttransmititbacktome.Ineedyoutosignthisbeforeyougetontheplane.Whatareyoutryingtogetridofmefor?What,y
whenyoupullitout,youdon't...There'samagnetattheendofit!Thatwasit.Youjustpulleditout.-Oh,God!-Okay,Iwasnotexpecting...-Don'tputitbackin!Don'tputi
alingwithhere?-Letmemakeacall.-Sergeant,clearahole.-Hello?-Tony?-Who'sthis?-It
ognize?Iseeinthatmirrorthateverypersonthat'sgotthisuniformongotmyback!Hey,youknowwhat?I'mnotlikey
?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'mjustindifferentrightnow.-Hottowel?Y
tsleeptillIfoundouthowitwent.How'ditgo?Itwentgreat.Lookslikeit'sgonn
lystolethespotlightwithhisbrilliantanduniquemind.Atagefour,hebui
orme?-Markyourpositionandreturntobase.-Rogerthat,Ballroom.Onyourbelly!Itlookslikeaman!Shakehimoff!Roll!Roll!I'mhit!I'mhit!It'sconfirmed.Hehasbeenhit.Punchout!Punchout!WhiplashOnedown.WhiplashTwo,d
lputsomethinginthebook,shallI?-Thankyou.Hey,woulditbeallrightifeveryonesatdown?Whydon'tyoujustsitdown?Thatwayyoucanseeme,andIcan...Alittlelessformaland...-What's
mesomething.Somethingtopitchthem.Letmehavetheengineersanalyzethat.Youknow,drawupsomespecs.-No.No,absolutelynot.-It'llgivemeabonetothrowtheboys-inNewYork!-Thisonestayswithme.-That'
leallofAsia.AndyoudreamofStark'sthrone.Wehaveacommonenemy.Ifwearestill
dsinker.Iwasoutoftownforacouplemonths,incaseyoudidn'thear.Isthiswhatyoucallaccountability?It'satowncalledGulmira.Heardofit?-Whenwerethesetaken?-Yesterday.-Ididn'tapproveanyshipment.-Wel
thiswindingupinthewronghands.Maybeinmine,itcanactuallydosomegood.Next.Up.Notintheboot,Dummy.Righthere.Yougotme?Stayput.Nice
rinternationalpressure,there'sverylittlehope
weaponsIcreatedtodefendthemandprotectthem.And
ation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Withthatinmind,IhumblypresentthecrownjewelofStarkIndustries'FreedomLine.It'sthefirst
yimportantwee
ufacturingdivisionofStarkInternationaluntils
estayswithme.-That'sit,Obie.Forgetit.-Allright,well,thisstayswithme,then.Goon,here,youcanhaveapiece.-Taketwo.-Thankyou.YoumindifIcomedownthereandseewhatyou'redoing?
tures?-What'sgoingoninGulmira?-Tony,Tony.-Youcan'taffordtobethisnaive.-Youknowwhat?Iwasnaivebefor
now?Idon'tknow
stitutionallyincapableofbeingresponsible.Itw
eps,turnright.Yinsen!Yinsen!Stark!Saysomething.Saysomethingbacktohim.-He'sspeakingHungarian.Idon't...-ThenspeakHungarian.-Okay.Iknow.-Whatdoyouknow?-How'dthatwork?-Oh,my
ebuiltasuit.Getoutofthererightnow!Wheredoyouthinkyou'regoing?Yourservicesarenolongerrequired.Stane!Ilovethissuit!-Putthemdown!-Collateraldamage,Tony.DivertpowertochestRT.Powerreducedto19%.Lady!No,
edoutprettywellsofar.Findanexcusetoletoneoftheseoffthechain,andIpersonallyguaranteeyouthebadguyswon'tevenwanttocomeoutoftheircaves.Foryourconsideration,theJericho.I'llbethrowingoneoft
etodoanythinglikethateveragain.Idon'thaveanyonebutyou.Anyway...-Whatdoyouwantmetodowiththis?-T
ot.Iguaranteeyou,thedayweaponsarenolongerneededtokeepthepeace,I'llstartmakin
idistosaveyourlife.IremovedalltheshrapnelIcould,butthere'salotleft,andit'sheadedintoyouratrialseptum.Here,wanttosee?Ihaveasouvenir.Takealook.I'veseenmanywoundsliketha

you'restillalive?-WhatdoIc
thingaboutTonyisalsotheworstthing.He'salwaysworking.Workit!Comeon!-Weshouldjuststaytillthemorning.-Youareunbelievable.-Oh,no!Didth
r,sir.Thesatvisualhasbeenlost.Nowaythat'saUAV.Whatisit?Ican'tseeanything.Whateveritwas,itju
id,"Here'stheline.Wedon'tcrossit."Thisishowwedobusiness."Ifwe'redouble-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?Tony,yourpicture,please!Let'stakeapicture.Comeon.Picturetime!Tony.Whodoy
o.What'sSR-71'srecord?Thealtituderecordforfixedwingflightis85,000feet,sir.Recordsaremadetobebroken!Comeon!Sir,thereisapotentiallyfatalbuildupoficeoccurring.Keep
akingweapons.Itis.Thisisaflightstabilizer.It'scompletelyharmless.Ididn'texpectthat
ledGulmira.-It'sactuallyaniceplace.-Gotafamily?Yes,andIwillseethemwhenIleavehere.Andyou,Stark?-No.-No?Soyou'reamanwhohaseverythingandnothing.Relax.T
Ispeaktoyouforamoment?I'mnotpartofthepressconference,butit'sabouttobeginrightnow.I'mnotareporter.I'magentPhilCoulson,withtheStrategicHomelandIntervention,EnforcementandLogisticsDivision
,youintimidatethem.GoodGod,you'reawoman.Ihonestly...Icouldn'thavecalledthat.Imean,I'da
cttoseeyouwalkingaroundsosoon.I'mdoingalittlebetterthanwalking.-Really?-Yeah.Rhodey,I'mworkingonsomethingbig.Icametotalktoyou.Iwantyoutobeapartofit.You'reabouttomakeawholelot
pper,I'vebeencalledmanythings."Nostalgic"isnotoneofthem.-Willthatbeall,Mr.Stark?-Thatwillb
enapproachedalreadybytheDOD,theFBI,theCIA...We'reaseparatedivisionwithamorespecificfocus.WeneedtodebriefMr.Starkaboutthecircumstancesofhisescape.-I'llputsomethinginthebook,shallI?-Thankyou.Hey,woul
n.Notbad.Hey!Howwasthe"fun-vee"
it,sir.Sir,themoreyoustruggle,themorethisisgoingtohurt.Begentle.Thisismyfirsttim
ewstepsback.That'sthecoolestthingI'veeverseen.Notbad,huh?Let'sdoit.Youneedmetodoanythingelse?Keeptheskiesclear.Damn!Nexttime,baby.Lookslikeyouwereright.Hewasbuildingasuit.It
stgoodforthiscountry,aswell.WhatweshouldtakeawayfromthisisthatTony'sback!Andhe'shealthierthanever.We'regoingtohavealittleinternaldiscussionandw
oardofdirect
mpedofftheradar,sir.Thesatvisu
sthathowyouwanttogoout?IsthisthelastactofdefianceofthegreatTonyStark?Orareyougoin
l,Ineedyourhelprightnow.It'sfunnyhowthatworks,huh?Yeah.Speakingoffunny,w
le-dealingunderthetable...Arewe?To
.A.'shighsociety.Jarvis,wegetaninviteforthat?Ihavenorecordofaninvitation,sir....hasn'tbeenseeninpublicsincehisbizarreandhighlycontroversialpressconference.Someclaimhe'ssufferingfrompo
thorizedtoaccessthisarea.-Jesus.-That'sJarvis.Herunsthehouse.I'vegotyourclotheshere.They'vebeendry-cleanedandpressed,andthere'sacarwaitingforyououtsidethatwilltakeyouanywhereyou'd
mannedaerialvehicle.Colonel,whatarewedealingwit
getitdone.-Justgetitdone.-They'recoming.Makesurethecheckpointsareclearbeforeyoufollowmeout,okay?Weneedmoretime.Hey,-I'mgonnagobuyyousometime.-Sticktotheplan!Sticktotheplan!Yinse
It'sfunnyhowthatworks,huh?Yeah.Speakingoffunny,we'vegotaweaponsdepotthatwasjustblownupafewclicksfromwhereyouw
mthedoor,fork
drivingtothecanyon,whereI'mgoingtojog.Yousureyoudon'thaveanytechinthatareaIshouldknowabout?-Nope!-Bogeyspotte

rcross-section,sir.-Isitstealth?-No,sir,it'stiny.Wethinkit'sanunmannedaerialvehicle.Colonel,whatarewedealingwithhere?-Letmemakeacall.-Sergeant,clearahole.-Hello?-Tony?-Who'sthis?-It'sRhodes.-Sorry,he
ith1%thrustcapacity.Andthree,two,one.Okay.Pleasedon'tfollowmearoundwithit,either,'causeIfeellikeI
act,Ido.-Idon'tlikeitwhenyouhaveplans.I'mallowedtohaveplansonmybirthday.-It'syourbi
-Nothing.Comeon,sourpatch.Don'tbemad.Itoldyou,I'mnotmad.I'mindifferent,okay?-IsaidIwassorry.-Goodmorning,Mr.Stark.Youdon'tneedtoapologizetome.I'myourman.Hi.ItoldhimIwassorry,buthe...-I'
ll.Goodroll.Youstillhaven'ttoldmewhereyou'refrom.I
toshutthehippiesup!-Itworks.-Yeah,asascienceproject.Thearcwasnevercosteffective.Weknewthatbeforewebuilt
,Urdu,Dari,Pashto,Mongolian,Farsi,Russian.-Whoarethesepeople?-Theyareyourloyalcustomers,sir.TheycallthemselvestheTenRings.Youknow,w
eepalowprofile.Therenderiscomplete.Hey,Ilikeit.Fabricateit.Paintit.Commencingautomatedassembly.Estimatedcompletiontimeisfivehours.Don'twaitupforme,honey.Weaponsmanufacturingis
rdtoyourweaponspresentation.Thanks.Isitbettertobefearedorrespected?Isay,isittoomuchtoaskforboth?Witht
agift.Andin
astic!Ididn'trecognizeyou.-Whatareyoudoinghere?-Justavoidinggovernmentagents.-Areyoubyyourself?-Yes.Where'dyougetthat